This book systematically defends an account of the institution of legal punishment that draws on both retributive and crime prevention thinking.

Richard L. Lippke is emeritus professor of criminal justice at Indiana University-Bloomington. He is the author of four books and 75 published articles or book chapters.

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction 1

1 Legal Punishment and Crime Reduction: A Reassessment 10

2 In Search of the Retributive Element 33

3 Punishment and Moral Communication 57

4 Merging the Elements 91

5 Criminal Procedure and the Moral Authority to Punish 121

6 A Mixed Theory of Sentencing 148

7 User Fees and Collateral Legal Consequences 179

8 Toward Realism about the Prospects of State

Punishment 209

Bibliography 236

Index 253