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Crime and punishment : a concise moral critique /

Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Hyman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain > Philosophy.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > Philosophy.
Punishment > Great Britain > Philosophy.
Punishment > United States > Philosophy.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Punishment > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain.
Punishment > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects
Criminal justice, Administration of > Philosophy
Punishment > Moral and ethical aspects
Punishment > Philosophy
Great Britain
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of unnecessary human misery.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
ISBN:9780191630187
0191630187
0191738948
9780191738944