The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating (16pt Large Print Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Marks, Russell

Humor

ReadHowYouWant

Nematodes

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

AuthorHouse

Format Hardcover Subject Fiction Action Adventure Publisher Xlibris Corporation United States

Xlibris

Black Lives, White Law

Administrative Law

Schwartz Books

If the goal of our justice system is to reduce crime and create a safer society, then we must do better.    According to conventional wisdom, severely punishing offenders reduces the likelihood that they'll offend again. Why, then, do so many who go to prison continue to commit crimes after their release? What do we actually know about offenders and the reasons they break the law?    In Crime & Punishment, Russell Marks argues that the lives of most criminal offenders - and indeed of many victims of crime - are marked by often staggering disadvantage. For many offenders, prison only increases their chances of committing further crimes. And despite what some media outlets and politicians want us to believe, harsher sentences do not help most victims to heal.    Drawing on his experience as a lawyer, Marks eloquently makes the case for restorative justice and community correction, whereby offenders are obliged to engage with victims and make amends. Crime & Punishment is a provocative call for change to a justice system in desperate need of renewal.

Crime and Punishment: Offenders and victims in a broken justice system

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Black Inc. Redback

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