Censure and sanctions
By: Andrew von Hirsch
Series: Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice; Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice; Oxford scholarship online
Publisher: Clarendon
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780191682339
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Description: The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies.
Notes: Originally published: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.