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Author
Title
Censure and sanctions / Andrew von Hirsch.
Imprint
Oxford : Clarendon, 1995.
Description
1 online resource (133 pages).
Series
Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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.
Note
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Location
WWW
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Alternate Title
Oxford Scholarship Online.
Oxford Academic.
Oxford Academic.
Language
English
ISBN
9780191682339 ebook
0191682330 ebook
0191682330 ebook
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