In this look at justifications for punishment, the author encourages people to take an "amphibian" approach to the issues: to walk on dry land and look at the realities of sentencing and to swim in the deep waters, where moral philosophers lurk, exploring the fundamental concerns. He argues that the modern retributive theory of punishment has not solved the problems of the classical utilitarian approach and has indeed created new ones of its own. Having researched these problems and discussed them with judges, magistrates, jurists, philosophers and prisoners, he distinguishes rhetoric from hard reasoning and shows that attempts at intellectual compromises between utilitarians and retributivists do not stand up to close examination. The book also deals with aspects normally left to theologians, such as remorse and forgiveness, and with the humanitarian movement.

Why Punish? (O P U S)

Politics & Social Sciences

Walker, Nigel

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

<p>In this fresh look at our justifications for punishment, Walker argues that the modern retributive theory of punishment has not solved the problems of the classical utilitarian approach, and has indeed created new ones of its own. Having researched these problems and discussed them with judges, magistrates, jurists, philosophers, and prisoners, he distinguishes rhetoric from hard reasoning and shows that attempts at intellectual compromises between utilitarians and retributivists do not stand up to close examination. The book also deals with aspects normally left to theologians, such as remorse and forgiveness, and with the humanitarian movement.</p>

Why Punish?

Philosophy

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Punishment, Danger and Stigma

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

What are sentencers' new statutory powers? How are they affected by case law and practice directions? What are their unstated aims and assumptions? What is their effect in real life? Who suffers from discrimination--women, ethnic minorities, the mentally disordered? What is the relevance of public attitudes, stigma, dangerousness? This is the only textbook which sets out to ask and answer all these questions.

Sentencing: Theory, Law and Practice

Padfield, Nicola

Criminal Law

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Short History Of Psychotherapy: In Theory and Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Routledge

<p>This collection of surveys examines and compares public reactions to sentencing policies in England, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia.How punitive is the public in these countries? How much leniency or severity will the public tolerate? How much do policy-makers know about the public's view? Are victims more punitive than non-victims? Are the elderly more punitive than the young? Do severe or lenient sentences influence people's disapproval of crimes? What is the influence of the media's selective reporting?The contributors set out to find answers to these and other questions in this wide-ranging collection of studies. The editors' introduction examines how surveys in this field have developed, and it comments on innovations in methodology illustrated by the contributors.</p>

Public Attitudes to Sentencing: Surveys from Five Countries (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)

Gower Pub.Co.

Behaviour and misbehaviour: Explanations and non-explanations

Blackwell

Fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 302 pages; Physical desc. : 302p : ill, facsims. Bibliog. Subject: Insane, Criminal and dangerous - Great Britain - Jurisprudence. Crime & criminology.

Crime and Insanity in England

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Offering a comment on the justification for sentences, this work refutes jurisprudential attacks on the propriety of mercy, and discusses the shortcomings of the Court of Appeal's approaches to consistency and other principles of sentencing. The appendices list "guideline cases" and definitions of "seriousness" for the purpose of different statutes.

Aggravationmitigation Mercy P

Oxford University Press M.D.

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