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Crime and punishment [electronic resource] : a concise moral critique / Hyman Gross.
By: Gross, Hyman
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xv, 219 p.).ISBN: 9780191738944 (ebook) :; 0191738948 (ebook) :.Subject(s): 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 StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199644711DDC classification: 364.9'41 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.