Punishing Persistent Offenders: Exploring Community and Offender Perspectives

by Julian V. Roberts

Despite very diverse approaches towards punishing crime, all Western jurisdictions punish repeat offenders more harshly (a practice known as the recidivist sentencing premium) . For many repeat offenders, their previous convictions have more impact on the penalty they receive than the seriousness of their current crime. Why do we punish recidivists more harshly? Some sentencing theorists argue that offenders should be punished only for the crimes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199283893
• ISBN13: 9780199283897
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"