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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in crime and public policy | Oxford scholarship onlinePublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190070625 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 364.601 23
LOC classification:
  • K5103
Online resources: 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 emotionalism of recent decades. They argue that theories that coincided with mass incarceration and rampant injustice to countless individuals are evolving in ways that better countenance moving toward more humane and thoughtful approaches.
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Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 emotionalism of recent decades. They argue that theories that coincided with mass incarceration and rampant injustice to countless individuals are evolving in ways that better countenance moving toward more humane and thoughtful approaches.

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