http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspxI think I reject the traditional concept of punishment (this is not to say that I&#39;m opposed to measures that compensate victims though, because that isn&#39;t really punishment in the way I&#39;m thinking of it, since the emphasis is on the victim&#39;senCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspx#79588Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:54:30 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:79588Brainpolice<p>I&#39;ll give it a look.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=79588" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspx#77205Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:21:05 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:77205atrickpay<p>Brainpolice, have you seen Roy Halliday&#39;s work on punishment (<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://royhalliday.home.mindspring.com/MYBOOK.HTM">royhalliday.home.mindspring.com/MYBOOK.HTM</a>) ? He has the most logically consistent ideas on the subject that I&#39;ve come across. </p> <p>Your thinking on the subject appears to be quite close to his.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=77205" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspx#57214Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:18:29 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:57214idi0m<p>Great post of of course. I wouldn&#39;t expect anything less from you ;)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57214" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspx#55981Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:04:51 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:55981ed42<p>You hit the nail on the head. &nbsp;The US does NOT have a &#39;justice&#39; department, but a punishment department. &nbsp;We ought to focus on forcing the criminal to make the victim whole (as much as possible). In doing so most of the laws would become meaningless - with no victim to compensate where is the crime? &nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=55981" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/10/04/thoughts-on-punishment.aspx#55856Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:47:28 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:55856wombatron<p>Good post. &nbsp;I generally agree with you; the only time I would see imprisonment, capital &quot;punishment&quot;, etc. as being is when the person is a demonstrable threat to others.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=55856" width="1" height="1">