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Richard L. Lippke

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisFree Will and AgencyCriminal Law and EvidenceLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsTorture, Ethics, and Law

Publications

143

Citations

999

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

52

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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Richard L. Lippke studies the philosophy and ethics of criminal justice, focusing on how societies justify and design legal punishment. His work examines topics such as sentencing principles, plea bargaining, incarceration, and the wider social consequences of having a criminal record. Much of the research asks normative questions about fairness, moral communication, and the purposes of punishment.

Ethics and philosophy of legal punishmentSentencing principles and mitigationCriminal procedure and moral authorityCollateral consequences of convictionPlea bargaining and justice

Output has been uneven across the decade, with notable peaks in 2017 and 2023 and quieter years in between, averaging about 3 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 11 publications11232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×14
  • Criminal Law and Philosophy×2
  • Res Publica×2
  • The International Encyclopedia of Ethics×2
  • Journal of Applied Philosophy×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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