Sentencing

Von Hirsch, Andrew

Reference

Oxford University Press

Andrew von Hirsch addresses a number of emerging conceptual questions concerning the proportionality of criminal sentences, an approach that is gaining influence worldwide including in England where the Criminal Justice Act of 1991 made proportionality the primary criterion for determining sentences. This study deals with how the idea of penal censure justifies proportionate sentences, how a penalty scale should be "anchored" in order to reduce overall punishment levels, how non-custodial penalties should be graded and used, and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies. It offers a coherent and humane way of allocating punishments, appropriate for a society that treats convicted offenders as citizens whose rights and choices should continue to be respected.

Censure and Sanctions (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Clarendon Press

This book is about the principle of proportionality--the principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offense committed. Although the principle has often been discussed, this book breaks new ground by examining more fully the detailed arguments for the theory and for applying it to a range of situations including young offenders, dangerous offenders and socially deprived offenders. The authors are well known for their previous writings on proportionality theory, and this book broadens the theory to deal with important contemporary issues in crime and punishment.

Proportionate Sentencing: Exploring the Principles (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Politics & Social Sciences

ASHWORTH, ANDREW

Social Sciences

Doing Justice : The Choice of Punishments (American Century Ser.)

Hill and Wang

Doing justice: The choice of punishments : report of the Committee for the Study of Incarceration

Deservedness and Dangerousness in the Sentencing of Criminals

Past or Future Crimes: Deservedness and Dangerousness in the Sentencing of Criminals

Rutgers Univ Pr

The question of parole: Retention, reform, or abolition?

Ballinger Pub. Co.

Book by von Hirsch, Andrew, Knapp, Kay A., Tonry, Michael

The Sentencing Commission And Its Guidelines

Tonry, Michael

Knapp, Kay A.

Northeastern University Press

This anthology of essays and documents on criminal sentencing in both the American and British legal systems reflects major current ideas about sentencing theory and policy. The book contains seven chapters, each with an introduction by one of the volume editors and a bibliography of suggested further readings. The first four chapters present the theoretical underpinnings and the objectives of four distinct conceptions of punishment: rehabilitation, deterrence, incapacitation, and desert theory. The fifth chapter considers ways of structuring sentencing discretion. The sixth chapter, on community punishments, addresses alternative sentencing options in the form of noncustodial penalties. The book concludes with a chapter by the editors that places sentencing in a broader social context.

Principled Sentencing

Northeastern Univ Pr

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