Punishing persistent offenders : exploring community and offender perspectives / [electronic resource]
Roberts, Julian V.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
For many repeat offenders, previous convictions have more impact on their penalty than the seriousness of their current crime. Why do we punish reoffense more harshly? Should offenders be punished only for crimes they commit and not for crimes committed and paid for in the past?
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.
Paying for the past : the recidivist sentencing premium -- Reductivist sentencing perspectives and the role of previous convictions -- Retributive approaches to previous convictions -- The enhanced culpability model -- Role of previous convictions : representative sentencing frameworks -- The view from the dock : perceptions of sentenced offenders -- Sentenced individuals' reactions to the recidivist sentencing premium -- The intuitive sentencer : public attitudes and prior convictions -- Explaining public attitudes : the intuitive sentencer and the intuitive psychologist -- Reconceptualizing the recidivist sentencing premium.
For many repeat offenders, previous convictions have more impact on their penalty than the seriousness of their current crime. Why do we punish reoffense more harshly? Should offenders be punished only for crimes they commit and not for crimes committed and paid for in the past?
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
Recidivism
Criminals
Punishment
Criminal justice, Administration of
Recidivism
Criminals
Punishment
Criminal justice, Administration of
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency