Just sentencing
Subtitle: principles and procedures for the 21st century
By: Richard S. Frase
Series: Studies in penal theory and philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780199757862
Subjects: States; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Philosophy; Punishment; Administration of Criminal justice
Description: This title presents a fully developed punishment theory which incorporates both utilitarian and retributive sentencing purposes. The author describes and defends a hybrid sentencing model that integrates theory and practice - blending and balancing both the competing principles of retribution and rehabilitation and the procedural concern of weighing rules against discretion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The expanded limiting-retributive, state-guidelines model; title: Limiting retributivism and other hybrid theories; title: Elements of the expanded model in Minnesota, other sentencing systems, and model codes; title: The problem of enhancements for prior or multiple current convictions; title: The problem of disproportionate racial impact.