Crime and punishment a concise moral critique /

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Author / Creator:	Gross, Hyman.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 219 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- Philosophy. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Philosophy. Punishment -- Great Britain -- Philosophy. Punishment -- United States -- Philosophy. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain. Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9277267

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ISBN:	9780191738944 (ebook) : No price 0191738948 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version 9780199644711

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