Crime and punishment: a concise moral critique

Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of un...

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Main Author: Gross, Hyman (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:UPA01
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Summary:Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of unnecessary human misery.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 219 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191738944
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199644711.001.0001

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