Censure and Sanctions

Zusatztext To be welcomed for its brevity, clarity, comprehensiveness, contemporary relevance, and perspective. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A number of jurisdictions, including England and Wales, require that sentences be "proportionate" to the severity of the crime. This treatise, written by the leading architect of "just deserts" sentencing theory, describes how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Von Hirsch, Andrew Von (Honorary Professor of Penal Th Hirsch, Hirsch Andrew von, Hirsch Von, Andrew von Hirsch
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.1996
• EAN: 9780198262411
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826241-1
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Criminal Procedure, Sentencing & punishment, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Wales / Cymru