Sanctions and rewards in the legal system : a multidisciplinary approach : [papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, May 1986

Ten distinguished experts look at the important subject of sanctions and rewards in the legal system from the perspective of their individual disciplines. Among the issues they consider are society's selection of legal and other techniques to encourage obedience to the law, the relative effectiveness of rewards and sanctions, the usefulness of the present tort system in deterring undesirable conduct, and the question of whether we are aiming our sanctions at the right persons. These are crucial questions - so fundamental that they are often passed over by scholars, not to mention by lawmakers, as too difficult to answer. This collection of essays helps us understand some of the dimensions of these questions by seeing how various disciplines have dealt with them. A developmental psychologist examines the contribution her discipline can make to the topic. A historian explores the origins of the present penal system. An anthropologist places sanctions and rewards in the context of past and present societies. An economist measures the potential effectiveness of deterence. Other experts in law, political science, organizational behaviour, and sociology offer unique perspectives. This book is the first stage in a program on sanctions and rewards in the legal system sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and part of the Institute's wider program on law and society. Ten distinguished experts look at the important subject of sanctions and rewards in the legal system from the perspective of their individual disciplines. Among the issues they consider are society's selection of legal and other techniques to encourage obedience to the law, the relative effectiveness of rewards and sanctions, the usefulness of the present tort system in deterring undesirable conduct, and the question of whether we are aiming our sanctions at the right persons. These are crucial questions - so fundamental that they are often passed over by scholars, not to mention by lawmakers, as too difficult to answer. This collection of essays helps us understand some of the dimensions of these questions by seeing how various disciplines have dealt with them. A developmental psychologist examines the contribution her discipline can make to the topic. A historian explores the origins of the present penal system. An anthropologist places sanctions and rewards in the context of past and present societies. An economist measures the potential effectiveness of deterence. Other experts in law, political science, organizational behaviour, and sociology offer unique perspectives. This book is the first stage in a program on sanctions and rewards in the legal system sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and part of the Institute's wider program on law and society Criminal Sanctions In England Since 1500 / John M. Beattie -- Sociology And Legal Sanctions / H. Laurence Ross -- The Economics Of Criminal Sanctions / Philip J. Cook -- Deterrence And The Tort System / Robert L. Rabin -- Methods For Measuring General Deterrence: A Plea For The Field Experiment / Franklin E. Zimring -- Sanctions And Rewards: The Approach Of Psychology / Joan E. Grusec -- Sanctions And Rewards: An Organizational Perspective / Hugh J. Arnold -- An Anthropological View Of Sanctions And Rewards / Pierre Maranda -- Achieving Compliance With Collective Objectives: A Political Science Perspective / Carolyn Tuohy -- Choice Of Target And Other Law Enforcement Variables / Christopher D. Stone. Edited By M.l. Friedland. Papers Presented At A Symposium Sponsored By The Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, May 1986. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents 5 Contributors 6 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 11 1. Criminal Sanctions in England since 1500 22 2. Sociology and Legal Sanctions 44 3. The Economics of Criminal Sanctions 58 4. Deterrence and the Tort System 87 5. Methods for Measuring General Deterrence: A Plea for the Field Experiment 107 6. Sanctions and Rewards: The Approach of Psychology 117 7. Sanctions and Rewards: An Organizational Perspective 145 8. An Anthropological View of Sanctions and Rewards 164 9. Achieving Compliance with Collective Objectives A Political Science Perspective 187 10. Choice of Target and Other Law Enforcement Variables 211