Privilege or punish
Subtitle: criminal justice and the challenge of family ties
By: Daniel Markel, Jennifer M. Collins & Ethan J. Leib.
Contributors: Collins, Jennifer M.; Leib, Ethan J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780195380064
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of; Family violence -- Law and legislation; Punishment
Description: This work answers two basic questions: how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's family status? And how should a defendant's family status be recognized in a criminal justice system situated within a liberal democracy committed to egalitarian principles of non-discrimination?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A survey of family ties benefits; title: A normative framework; title: Applying the framework to family ties benefits; title: A survey of family ties burdens; title: Adjusting the normative framework; title: Applying the framework to family ties burdens; title: Coda.