Censure and Sanctions

by Andreas von Hirsch

Andrew von Hirsch addresses a number of emerging conceptual questions concerning the proportionality of criminal sentences, an approach that is gaining influence worldwide including in England where the Criminal Justice Act of 1991 made proportionality the primary criterion for determining sentences. This study deals with how the idea of penal censure justifies proportionate sentences, how a penalty scale should be "anchored" in order to reduce overall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198262418
• ISBN13: 9780198262411
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"