Gross, Hyman.
Crime and punishment a concise moral critique / [electronic resource] : Hyman Gross. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xv, 219 p.)
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.
9780191738944 (ebook) : No price
Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.--Great Britain
Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.--United States
Punishment--Philosophy.--Great Britain
Punishment--Philosophy.--United States
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 States.
HV7343
364.941
Crime and punishment a concise moral critique / [electronic resource] : Hyman Gross. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xv, 219 p.)
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.
9780191738944 (ebook) : No price
Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.--Great Britain
Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.--United States
Punishment--Philosophy.--Great Britain
Punishment--Philosophy.--United States
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 States.
HV7343
364.941