Penal Policy and Social JusticeExamines the recent developments in penal policy, and asks whether they will make for more "justice". Drawing on international evidence the author asks whether making the punishment fit the crime can lessen the excessive penalization of the poor, the mentally disordered and racial minorities. |
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Page 184
... punishment . Many of the suggestions of the reductionists and partial abolitionists for a com- bination of prevention , compensation and rehabilitation might be more widely acceptable were it not for the judicial addiction to punishment ...
... punishment . Many of the suggestions of the reductionists and partial abolitionists for a com- bination of prevention , compensation and rehabilitation might be more widely acceptable were it not for the judicial addiction to punishment ...
Page 185
... punishment is usually conceptualised either at a societal level of securing compliance with the rules necessary for the survival of the social order , or at an individual level ... punishment Punishment , Justice and the Problem of Law 185.
... punishment is usually conceptualised either at a societal level of securing compliance with the rules necessary for the survival of the social order , or at an individual level ... punishment Punishment , Justice and the Problem of Law 185.
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... punishment , since the additional suffering occasioned by punishment could only be counten- anced if it prevents the suffering occasioned by further offending , and hence it gives no limit to punishment that derives from the original ...
... punishment , since the additional suffering occasioned by punishment could only be counten- anced if it prevents the suffering occasioned by further offending , and hence it gives no limit to punishment that derives from the original ...
Contents
Developments in Penal Policy during the 1980s | 17 |
Penal Policy and Social Structure 55 | 55 |
Penal Policy and Social Policy | 89 |
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