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Front Matter
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About this book
Over the last twenty-five years the significance of criminal justice has dramatically changed. In a "post-modern" culture, criminal law serves more and more as a focal point in public morality. The "discovery" of the victim of crime can be seen as the marking point by which criminal justice got its central position in the maintenance of social order. It is the result of a general "victimalization" of today's morality.
This ingenious book - according to Michael Tonry - combines insights from criminology, sociology and moral philosophy. It is especially inspired by the work of Richard Rorty, who stresses the sensibility for suffering as the major source of morality in post-modern times. It describes the arousal of attention for victims and the development of crime prevention. More specifically, it analyzes child sexual abuse and prostitution.
This "illuminating" book will be an eye-opener for theorists in criminology and moral philosophy, but will also be an inspiring work for policy makers in the area of criminal justice.
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Book Title: Crime and Morality
Book Subtitle: The Significance of Criminal Justice in Post-modern Culture
Authors: Hans Boutellier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0013-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6091-9Published: 31 December 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0013-4Published: 12 December 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 182
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Ontology, Philosophy, general