The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment - Paperback

by Farah Focquaert (Editor), Elizabeth Shaw (Editor), Bruce N. Waller (Editor)

This volume examines key questions on punishment, including it's purpose, forms, effectiveness, equity, justifiability, and contexts. Offers expert interdisciplinary perspectives from philosophy, law, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.

Author Biography

Farah Focquaert is Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at Ghent University in Belgium. She is one of the Directors of the international Justice Without Retribution Network and the Founder and Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee at The Forensic Psychiatric Centers Ghent/Antwerp in Belgium.

Elizabeth Shaw

is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She is the Founder and one of the Directors of the international Justice Without Retribution Network. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, involving criminal law, philosophy, and neuroethics.

Bruce N. Waller

is Professor of Philosophy at Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA. Among his recent books are Against Moral Responsibility (2011), The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility (2015), Restorative Free Will (2015), and The Injustice of Punishment (2018).