The early debates about punishment at Rutgers were energetic, but about the wrong problem

• In Event: Rutgers at 50: The Aims and Consequences of Punishment

Abstract

Founding faculty members Don Gottfredson, Andrew von Hirsch, and Richard F. Sparks were well known for their writing about punishment. The disagreements inherent in their work were a dominant feature of conversation in the School’s early days. Within a short time, however, developments in penology would overwhelm the penal system, making those debates “academic” in every sense of the word.

Author

• Todd Ray Clear, Rutgers University