Sentencing and Punishment: The Quest for Justice

by Christine Piper and Susan Easton

Book Overview

Sentencing and Punishment: The Quest for Justice, Third Edition, provides an accessible account of recent developments in sentencing and punishment from the standpoint of penal theories, policy aims, punishment practice, and human rights.

From philosophical, legal, and practical perspectives, it reviews changing ideas as to what counts as "just" punishment, and provides an integrated discussion of the law and legitimacy of the process of calculating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199693536
• ISBN13: 9780199693535
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.6" x 6.7"