Censure and sanctions /
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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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon,
1995
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Series: | Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice
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