Crime and Punishment

Synopsis: Concerns the moral problems of punishment. Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that we need a justification for punishment because unless we can justify the harm we do to criminals, we are doing just what we are punishing them for. Two moral theories of punishment, the utilitarian and the retributivist, are illustrated using dramatised inserts, but neither proves to be a totally satisfactory answer.
Series: Arts Foundation Course, An: Course A102
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £850.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Sociology
Keywords: crime; ethical issues; punishment

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