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b'This forum was recorded on 30th July 2016\\n\\n\\u201cThe question is, am I a monster, or am I myself a victim? And what if I am a victim?\\u201d One hundred and fifty years since Dostoevsky\\u2019s masterpiece, Crime and Punishment, we\\u2019ll be talking about our enduring obsessions with transgression, retribution and justice. What purpose does punishment play in society?\\n\\nIs punishment good for you? And what is the connection between punishment, justice, catharsis and redemption?\\nThe answers to these questions depend on who you ask. Facilitator Madeleine Morris will be joined by former Pentridge Prison chaplain Peter Norden, female inmate advocate Debbie Kilroy, actor Uncle Jack Charles and theatre maker J R Brennan. Brennan\\u2019s work, The Chat, is co-devised by artists and ex-offenders and was shown at Arts House in July 2016.\\n\\nFor this Insight-style forum, we\\u2019ll also hear from a range of other guests who are invested in these issues, from ex-offenders to criminologists to prison officers to dominatrixes to risk managers.\\nThemes of crime and punishment have preoccupied Australians since 1788.\\n\\nPresented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre'