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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466332703321

Titolo

Sentencing and society : international perspectives / / edited by Cyrus Tata and Neil Hutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-24345-8

1-351-90109-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (631 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

HuttonNeil <1953->

TataCyrus

Disciplina

364.6/5

Soggetti

Punishment

Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The international movement towards transparency and 'truth in sentencing' -- pt. II. The truth about public and victim punitiveness : what do we know and what do we need to know? -- pt. III Measuring punishment : conceptual and practical problems and resolutions -- pt. IV. Reason-giving and approaches to explaining sentencing -- pt. V. Doing justice : power, equality and equity.