Censure and sanctions

The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Von Hirsch, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1995, 1995
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice / Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice
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