Well-written, thought-provoking and tightly argued book ... The authors of this lively book, by redirecting us back to the question of the extent to which the criminal justice system does, in fact, serve a useful purpose, have set an agenda which will undoubtedly provoke much debate.

• Introduction ; 1. For a comprehensive theory ; 2. For a consequentialist theory ; 3. Identifying a comprehensive, consequentialist target ; 4. The Republican idea ; 5. Interpreting the Republican theory ; 6. Implementing the Republican theory ; 7. Retributivism: An inferior theory ; 8. Retributivism: An inferior practice ; 9. Conclusion

Well-written, thought-provoking and tightly argued book ... The authors of this lively book, by redirecting us back to the question of the extent to which the criminal justice system does, in fact, serve a useful purpose, have set an agenda which will undoubtedly provoke much debate.

• Introduction ; 1. For a comprehensive theory ; 2. For a consequentialist theory ; 3. Identifying a comprehensive, consequentialist target ; 4. The Republican idea ; 5. Interpreting the Republican theory ; 6. Implementing the Republican theory ; 7. Retributivism: An inferior theory ; 8. Retributivism: An inferior practice ; 9. Conclusion

Well-written, thought-provoking and tightly argued book ... The authors of this lively book, by redirecting us back to the question of the extent to which the criminal justice system does, in fact, serve a useful purpose, have set an agenda which will undoubtedly provoke much debate.

• Introduction ; 1. For a comprehensive theory ; 2. For a consequentialist theory ; 3. Identifying a comprehensive, consequentialist target ; 4. The Republican idea ; 5. Interpreting the Republican theory ; 6. Implementing the Republican theory ; 7. Retributivism: An inferior theory ; 8. Retributivism: An inferior practice ; 9. Conclusion