Proportionate Sentencing: Exploring the Principles (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

by Andrew Ashworth (Author), Andrew Von Hirsch (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $176.02

  Deals with the principle of proportionality - the principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence committed. This book examines the detailed arguments for the theory and for applying it to a range of situations including young offenders, dangerous offenders and socially deprived offenders.