Deserved criminal sentences : an overview /: an overview. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andreas von Hirsch.
• Authors: Von Hirsch, Andrew
• Contents: Introduction: the emergence of the proportionate sentence -- Sentence proportionality sketched briefly -- Why should the criminal sanction exist? -- Why punish proportionately? -- Ordinal and cardinal proportionality -- Seriousness, severity and the living-standard -- The role of previous convictions -- Proportionate non-custodial sanctions -- A "modified" desert model? -- The politics of the desert model -- Proportionate sentences for juveniles -- Appendix: the desert model's evolution : a brief chronology.
• Publisher Details: London : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (128 pages)
• Subjects: 345.0772; Punishment -- Philosophy; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Proportionality in law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509902675; 1509902678
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