The Practice of Punishment - Towards a Theory of Restorative Justice (Hardcover, New)

In the latter half of the twentieth century, there has been a sharp decline in confidence in sentencing principles, due to a questioning of the efficacy of punishment. It has been very difficult to develop consistent, fair, and humane criteria for evaluating legislative, judicial and correctional advancements. "The Practice of Punishment" offers a comprehensive study of punishment that identifies the principles of sentencing and corrections on which modern correctional systems should be built.
The theory of punishment that emerges is built on the view that the central function of the law is to reduce the need to use force in the resolutions of disputes. In this text, Wesley Cragg argues that the proper role of sentencing and sentence administration, as well as policing and adjudication, is to sustain public confidence in the capacity of the law to fulfill that function. Cragg believes that sentencing and corrections should be guided by principles of restorative justice, and he contends that inflicting punishment is in itself not a legitimate objective of criminal law.
"The Practice" "of Punishment" is a philosophical account of punishment, sentencing, and correction which draws strongly on first-hand experience of penal practices, diverse recent studies, government reports, position papers, crime surveys, and victim concerns. It will be of special interest to applied ethicists, those concerned with the theory and practice of punishment and policing, and criminal justice scholars and lawyers.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	Wesley Cragg
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-04149-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-04149-X
Barcode:	9780415041492

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