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Crime and punishment a concise moral critique

Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Hyman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
Subjects:
Criminal Justice, Administration Of / Great Britain / Philosophy
Criminal Justice, Administration Of / United States / Philosophy
Punishment / Great Britain / Philosophy
Punishment / United States / Philosophy
Criminal Justice, Administration Of / Moral And Ethical Aspects / Great Britain
Criminal Justice, Administration Of / Moral And Ethical Aspects / United States
Punishment / Moral And Ethical Aspects / Great Britain
Punishment / Moral And Ethical Aspects / United States
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of unnecessary human misery
Physical Description:xv, 219 p.
ISBN:9780191738944
0191738948

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