Censure and sanctions /

Censure and sanctions /

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Author / Creator:Von Hirsch, Andrew.
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon, 1995.
Description:1 online resource (133 p.).
Language:English
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice
Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subject:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Great Britain.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Great Britain.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8838351
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ISBN:9780191682339 (ebook) : No price
0191682330 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Originally published: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version 9780198262411

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