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FOREWORD
workentitledflPunishmentinScienceandCulture”
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.Thosestudiesare
acontinuationofapriorfour-yearresearchprogramflPunishmentin
ScienceandCulture”conductedbytheIPSiR(2003–2006,IPSiR,DoR
J.Utrat-Milecki).Theresultsofthisresearchhavebeensuccessively
publishedinpeer-reviewedarticlesdealingwiththeoryandproblems,
whereastheirentiretheoreticimplicationsarepresentedinthebook
PrinciplesofPenology.TheoryofPunishment
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.
Thismonographpresentstheresultsoftheresearchincertain
aspectsofcontemporarypenalculturesandtheirrecentsourcesas
basisforcriticalanalysisofalreadyexistingtheoriesofpunishment
andtheirclassificationinthecriminallawscienceandpenology.The
researchrevealsseriousscientificissuesconcerningthetheoryof
punishmentanditsclassification,whichmayaffectthecomprehen-
sionand,inconsequence,theshapingofthecriminaljusticepolicy.
Theresearchunveilstheneedforglobalsystematisationofbasic
classificationcategoriesofthetheoryofpunishment.Theresultsand
achievementsofthisresearchhavenotonlybecometheforeground
forcritiqueofthepreviouswork;theyhavelaidthefoundationsfor
newpenologicalclassificationofthetheoryofpunishmentwhichcan
finditsapplicationinthefieldsofcriminallawandsocialstudieson
punishmentandprisonhistory.Ifthequestionofpenaltyistobea
subjectforscientificreflectionandnotjustdescription,theninmy
opiniontheearliertheoreticprinciplesofpunishmentinthecriminal
lawscienceandpenologyshouldbemodified.
Thebookiscomposedoffivechaptersembeddedintwoparts.In
thefirstpartwepresentthenewclassificationofthetheoryof
punishmentportrayedagainstthecritiqueofearlierclassificationof
themainschoolsofpenalthoughtandaboutadozenimportantpenal
theoriesclassifiedinvariousways.Tacklingtheissuefromthe
perspectiveofcognitivecriteria,wepresentthefeaturesofand
ajustificationforanewclassificationofthetheoryofpunishment,in
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PunishmentinScienceandCulture,ed.J.Utrat-Milecki,WarsawUniversity
Press2009.
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J.Utrat-Milecki,PrinciplesofPenology.TheoryofPunishment,WarsawUniver-
sityPress2006.