Censure and sanctions
The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences a...
| Main Author: | Von Hirsch, Andrew. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon,
1995.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (133 pages). |
| Series: |
Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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| Summary: |
The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: 1993. The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (133 pages). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191682339 0191682330 |