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The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Von Hirsch, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1995.
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subjects:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Great Britain.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > Grande-Bretagne.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies.
Item Description:Originally published: 1993.
Physical Description:1 online resource (133 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191682339
0191682330