Deserved Criminal Sentences

AvAndreas von Hirsch

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book provides an accessible and systematic restatement of the desert model for criminal sentencing by one of its leading academic exponents. The desert model emphasises the degree of seriousness of the offender's crime in deciding the severity of his punishment, and has become increasingly influential in recent penal practice and scholarly debate. It explains why sentences should be based principally on crime-seriousness, and addresses, among other topics, how a desert-based penalty scheme can be constructed; how to gauge punishments' seriousness and penalties' severity; what weight should be given to an offender's previous convictions; how non-custodial sentences should be scaled; and what leeway there might be for taking other factors into account, such as an offender's need for treatment. The volume will be of interest to all those working in penal theory and practice, criminal sentencing and the criminal law more generally.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-07-25
Mått:214 x 138 x 12 mm
Vikt:240 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781509930050

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Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik
Straffprocessrätt inom Juridik
Juridik: metod och teori inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Andreas von Hirsch is Emeritus Honorary Professor of Penal Theory and Penal Law at the University of Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Penal Theory at the Law Faculty, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. Much of his earlier writing has appeared under his anglicised name, Andrew von Hirsch.

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The volume will be of interest to all those working in penal theory and practice, criminal sentencing and the criminal law more generally. It will be particularly useful for students or readers seeking a concise and up to date summary of the issues and literature relating to desert-based sentencing. Von Hirsch provides an eminently readable account of some of the most complex (and unresolved) challenges to desert theory, such as the role of previous convictions at sentencing.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Emergence of the Proportionate Sentence 2. Sentence Proportionality Sketched Briefly 3. Why Should the Criminal Sanction Exist? 4. Why Punish Proportionately? 5. Ordinal and Cardinal Proportionality 6. Seriousness, Severity and the Living-standard 7. The Role of Previous Convictions 8. Proportionate Non-custodial Sanctions 9. A ‘Modified’ Desert Model? 10. The Politics of the Desert Model 11. Proportionate Sentences for Juveniles