- Oxford University Press, USA
Doing Justice, Preventing Crime
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- Michael Tonry
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780195320503
- 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.1 inches
- 1.05 pounds
- Social Science > Penology
- English
Book Description
In Doing Justice, Preventing Crime, Michael Tonry lays normative and empirical foundations for building new, more just, and more effective systems of sentencing and punishment in the twenty-first century. The overriding goals are to treat people convicted of crimes justly, fairly, and even-handedly; to take sympathetic account of the circumstances of peoples' lives; and to punish no one more severely than he or she deserves. Drawing on philosophy and punishment theory, this book explains the structural changes needed to uphold the rule of law and its requirement that the human dignity of every person be respected.
In clear and engaging prose, Michael Tonry surveys what is known about the deterrent, incapacitative, and rehabilitative effects of punishment, and explains what needs to be done to move from an ignoble present to a better future.
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