The Limits of the Criminal Sanction

by Herbert Packer

Book Overview

The argument of this book begins with the proposition that there are certain things we must understand about the criminal sanction before we can begin to talk sensibly about its limits. First, we need to ask some questions about the rationale of the criminal sanction. What are we trying to do by defining conduct as criminal and punishing people who commit crimes? To what extent are we justified in thinking that we can or ought to do what we are trying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804706565
• ISBN13: 9780804706568
• Release Date: June 1968
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.