Of one-eyed and toothless miscreants : making the punishment fit the crime? /

This volume examines scholarly and lay thinking about punishment of people convicted of crimes with particular emphasis on 'making the punishment fit the crime.' The contributors challenge the most prevalent current theories and emphasize the need for a shift away from the politicized emot...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Tonry, Michael H. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Series:	Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:	Punishment > Philosophy. Retribution > Philosophy. Proportionality in law. Punition > Philosophie. Proportionnalité (Droit) Proportionality in law Punishment > Philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Is proportionality in punishment possible, and achievable? / Michael Tonry
Weighing relative and absolute proportionality in punishment / Göran Duus-Otterström
Proportionality and the seriousness of crimes / Jesper Ryberg
The place of proportionality in penal theory : or rethinking thinking about punishment / Matt Matravers
The metric of punishment severity : a puzzle about the principle of proportionality / Douglas Husak
Penal severity and the modern state / Richard L. Lippke
The time of punishment : proportionality and the sentencing of historical crimes / Julian V. Roberts
The time-frame challenge to retributivism / Adam J. Kolber
Humane neoclassicism : proportionality and other values in Nordic sentencing / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä.