Title: Distributive principles of criminal law
Subtitle: who should be punished, how much?
First published: 2008
Description: Drawing from the existing theoretical literature and adding to it recent insights from the social sciences, Paul Robinson describes the nature of the practical challenge in setting rational punishment principles, how past efforts have failed and the alternatives that have been tried.
Subjects: Philosophy, Criminal liability, Punishment, Crime prevention, Distributive justice
LC classification: K5103 .R628 2008