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Sentencing and punishment : the quest for justice / Susan Easton and Christine Piper.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxx, 514 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199218103
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.6 EAS 22
LOC classification:
  • KD8406 .E27 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
New penology and new policies -- Just constraints? sentencing discretion and retributivist principles -- 'Just deserts' : developments in retributivist sentencing -- Utility and deterrence -- Risk and danger -- Making amends -- Mitigating the sentence? -- Treating children differently -- Justice in the modern prison -- Equality and difference in punishment -- Experiencing imprisonment -- Just punishment in the community -- Punishing young offenders -- Future directions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-503) and index.

New penology and new policies -- Just constraints? sentencing discretion and retributivist principles -- 'Just deserts' : developments in retributivist sentencing -- Utility and deterrence -- Risk and danger -- Making amends -- Mitigating the sentence? -- Treating children differently -- Justice in the modern prison -- Equality and difference in punishment -- Experiencing imprisonment -- Just punishment in the community -- Punishing young offenders -- Future directions.