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Censure and Sanctions

Censure and Sanctions

Paperback

Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice

Medical ReferenceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0198262418
ISBN13: 9780198262411
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: May 23 1996
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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.

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