A collection of essays by major figures in punishment theory, law, and philosophy that reconsiders the popularity and prospects of retributivism, the notion that punishment is morally justified because people have behaved wrongly.

• Preface


• One: Can Twenty-first Century Punishment Policies be Justified in Principle?


• Michael Tonry, University of Minnesota


• Two: What Does Wrongdoing Deserve?


• John Kleinig, CUNY


• Three: Is Twenty-first Century Punishment Post-Desert?


• Matt Matravers, York University


• Four: Responsibility, Restoration, and Retribution


• R. A. Duff, University of Minnesota


• Five: Punishment and Desert-adjusted Utilitarianism


• Jesper Ryberg, Roskilde University, Copenhagen


• Six: The Future of State Punishment: The Role of Public Opinion in Sentencing


• Julian V. Roberts, Oxford University


• Seven: A Political Theory of Imprisonment for Public Protection


• Peter Ramsay, London School of Economics


• Eight: Terror as a Theory of Punishment


• Alice Ristroph, Seton Hall University


• Nine: Can Above-desert Penalties Be Justified by Competing Deontological Theories?


• Richard S. Frase, University of Minnesota


• Ten: Never Mind the Pain; It's a Measure! Justifying Measures as Part of the Dutch Bifurcated System of Sanctions


• Jan de Keijser, University of Leiden


• Eleven: Retributivism, Proportionality, and the Challenge of the Drug Court Movement


• Douglas Husak, Rutgers University


• Twelve: Drug Treatment Courts as Communicative Punishment


• Michael M. O'Hear, Marquette University


• Thirteen: Reflections on Punishment Futures: The Desert-Model Debate and the Importance of the Criminal Law Context


• Andreas von Hirsch, Cambridge University

Michael Tonry is Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Minnesota Law School, and Senior Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Free University Amsterdam.