Title

“darker than any prison, hotter than any human flame”: Punishment, choice, and culpability in a clockwork orange

Authors

Illya Lichtenberg, Montclair State University
Howard Lune, William Paterson University
Patrick McManimon, Kean University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Abstract

Contemporary textbooks in criminal justice use A Clockwork Orange to illustrate issues of correctional and sentencing practices. This article challenges criminal justice faculty and students to use the film to explore the political and social realities of punishment, in particular the examination of the moral question of “voluntariness” and the implications for “treatment” as a mechanism of social control. This paper explores the moral questions of state sponsored social control and using the film satire invites the student to examine their beliefs about the political and social realities of punishment and rehabilitation. © 2004, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Publication Title

International Journal of Phytoremediation

First Page Number

429

Last Page Number

449

DOI

10.1080/10511250400086061

Recommended Citation

Lichtenberg, Illya; Lune, Howard; and McManimon, Patrick, "“darker than any prison, hotter than any human flame”: Punishment, choice, and culpability in a clockwork orange" (2004). Kean Publications. 2656.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2656