Not Just Deserts: A Republican Theory of Criminal Justice.

Key Points

• To formulate a comprehensive consequentialist theory of criminal justice grounded in republican political philosophy and critique retributivist alternatives.
• Conducted normative and philosophical analysis to define a comprehensive consequentialist framework for criminal jurisprudence.
• Evaluated the conceptual foundations, policy implications, and institutional implementation of republican theory relative to retributivist models.
• Establishes a unified republican normative model aimed at maximizing citizen freedom and minimizing state domination.
• Identifies fundamental conceptual flaws in retributivism as a theoretical justification for state punishment.
• Demonstrates that retributivist penal practices produce systematically inferior societal and judicial outcomes compared to republican approaches.