Punishment and Restitution: A Restitutionary Approach to Crime and the Criminal

by Frank H. Marsh and Charles F. Abel

Charles F. Abel and Frank H. Marsh propose an alternative to the present criminal justice system that they consider workable, efficient, and fair. They remind the reader that the criminal justice system is a political institution created by public demands and values and suggest that we must understand the basic identity of law, politics, and society if we hope to create a workable system. An effective criminal justice system, they argue, must be remedial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313237174
• ISBN13: 9780313237171
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"