Doing justice, preventing crime

'Doing Justice, Preventing Crime' lays normative and empirical foundations for building new, more just, and more effective systems of sentencing and punishment in the 21st century. The overriding goals are to prevent crime while treating people convicted of crimes justly, fairly, and even-...

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Main Author: Tonry, Michael H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2020, 2020
Series:Studies in crime and public policy / Studies in crime and public policy
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Summary:'Doing Justice, Preventing Crime' lays normative and empirical foundations for building new, more just, and more effective systems of sentencing and punishment in the 21st century. The overriding goals are to prevent crime while treating people convicted of crimes justly, fairly, and even-handedly; to take sympathetic account of the circumstances of peoples' lives; and to punish no one more severely than he or she deserves. Michael Tonry discusses philosophy and punishment theory, surveys what is known about the deterrent, incapacitative, and rehabilitative effects of punishment, and explains what needs to be done to move from an ignoble present to a better future
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2020
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780197523094