Popular punishment on the normative significance of public opinion /
Ryberg
Roberts, Julian VContributor
Roberts, Julian VEditor
Ryberg, JesperContributor
Ryberg, JesperEditor
What role should public opinion play in the way the state deals with criminal offenders? This volume brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and criminologists to consider the various aspects of the relationship between public opinion and state punishment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What role should public opinion play in the way the state deals with criminal offenders? This volume brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and criminologists to consider the various aspects of the relationship between public opinion and state punishment.
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Introduction : exploring the normative significance of public opinion for state punishment / Jesper Ryberg & Julian V. Roberts -- Penal theory, moral intuitions, and public opinion / Jesper Ryberg -- Proportionality theory and popular opinion / Matt Matravers -- The proper role of community in determining criminal liability and punishment / Paul H. Robinson -- Proportionality in sentencing : the need to factor in community experience, not public opinion / Mirko Bagaric -- Penal theory and popular opinion : the deficiencies of direct engagement / Jan W. de Keijser -- Why should we care what the public thinks? A critical assessment of the claims of popular punishment / Frej K. Thomsen -- Public opinion and democratic control of sentencing policy / Christopher Bennett -- Criminal prosecutors : experts or elected officials? / Richard L. Lippke -- Stakeholder sentencing / Thom Brooks -- Repellent institutions and the absentee public : grounding opinion in responsibility for punishment / Albert W. Dzur -- Clarifying the significance of public opinion for sentencing policy and practice / Julian V. Roberts.
Punishment
Criminal liability
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative