Crimes of Punishment: America's Culture of Violence
- ISBN-10
- 087586564X
- ISBN-13
- 9780875865645
- Category
- Behavior therapy
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Algora Publishing
- Author
- Theodore L. Dorpat
Description
This groundbreaking book by an award-winning psychoanalyst and forensic psychiatrist presents a comprehensive exploration of a timely but often taboo topic: the failure of punishment to deter crime and violence, an issue that affects us both individually and as a culture. Written at the culmination of the author s fifty-year career as a psychoanalyst, forensic psychologist and scholar, this wide-ranging work identifies the origins of violence and investigates the surprising consequences of punishment from a multitude of perspectives. In his treatment of the topic, Dr. Dorpat utilizes scienti.
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