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Contents: Introduction. Part I Shame and Expressivism: The expressive function of punishment, Joel Feinberg; Can shaming punishments educate?, Stephen P. Garvey. Part II Shame Punishment: What do alternative sanctions mean?, Dan M. Kahan; Shaming white-collar criminals: a proposal for reform of the federal sentencing guidelines, Dan M. Kahan and Eric A. Posner; Shame, guilt, and punishment, Raffaele Rodogno. Part III Restorative Justice and Shame Punishment: The family model of the criminal process: reintegrative shaming, John Braithwaite; Shame and guilt in restorative justice, Raffaele Rodogno. Part IV Dignity and Shame Punishment: Shaming citizens?, Martha C. Nussbaum; Shame on you, shame on me? Nussbaum on shame punishment, Thom Brooks. Part V Shame and Sexual Offenders: Examining sex offender community notification laws, Abril R. Bedarf; The use of 'shame' with sexual offenders, Anne-Marie McAlinden. Part VI Critics: Shame on you: an analysis of modern shame punishment as an alternative to incarceration, Aaron S. Book; Scarlet Letter punishment for juveniles: rehabilitation through humiliation?, Bonnie Mangum Braudway; What's really wrong with shaming sanctions, Dan M. Kahan; Wrong turns on the road to alternative sanctions: reflections on the future of shaming punishments and restorative justice, Dan Markel; Open justice or open season? Should the media report the names of suspects and defendants?, Michael Bohlander. Name index.

Intro -- Contents -- Fears and Fascinations -- 1: Crime and Punishment in the United States -- 2: Throw Away the Key? -- 3: Rehab on Trial -- 4: Women in the Jailhouse -- 5: The Youthful Offender -- 6: The Death Penalty -- 7: Where Do We Go From Here? -- Further Reading -- Index -- Picture Credits.

Intro -- title page -- copyright page -- 1. What Is Capital Punishment? -- 2. The Origins of Capital Punishment -- 3. Debating Capital Punishment -- 4. The Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment -- 5. Do Vulnerable People Get Executed? -- 6. Life on Death Row -- 7. The Future of Capital Punishment -- Appendix -- Organizations Opposed to the Death Penalty -- Organizations in Favor of the Death Penalty -- Series Glossary -- Further Reading -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Untitled -- Blank Page.

"The age-old debate about what constitutes just punishment has become deadlocked. Retributivists continue to privilege desert over all else, and consequentialists continue to privilege punishment's expected positive consequences, such as deterrence or rehabilitation, over all else. In this important intervention into the debate, Leo Zaibert argues that despite some obvious differences, these traditional positions are structurally very similar, and that the deadlock between them stems from the fact they both oversimplify the problem of punishment. Proponents of these positions pay insufficient attention to the conflicts of values that punishment, even when justified, generates. Mobilizing recent developments in moral philosophy, Zaibert offers a properly pluralistic justification of punishment that is necessarily more complex than its traditional counterparts. An understanding of this complexity should promote a more cautious approach to inflicting punishment on individual wrongdoers and to developing punitive policies and institutions"--