Proportionate Sentencing - Exploring the Principles

Zusatztext ...a scholarly and erudite contribution...we must endeavour to understand fully the developments of theory! and this book is a sound starting place. Informationen zum Autor Andrew von Hirsch is Honorary Professor of Penal Theory and Penal Law at the University of Cambridge.Andrew Ashworth is Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. Klappentext This book is about the principle of proportionality - the principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence 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 previouswritings on proportionality theory, and this book broadens the theory to deal with important contemporary issues in crime and punishment. Zusammenfassung Deals with the principle of proportionality - the principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence committed. This book examines the detailed arguments for the theory and for applying it to a range of situations including young offenders, dangerous offenders and socially deprived offenders.

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• Authors: Andrew Ashworth, Ashworth Andrew, Andrew Von Hirsch, Andrew Von Ashworth Hirsch, Andrew von Hirsch, Andrew (Honorary Professor of Penal Th Von Hirsch
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2005
• EAN: 9780199272600
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927260-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, Wales, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Juvenile offenders, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Wales / Cymru