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"Distributive Principles of Criminal Law: Who Should be Punished How Much?"

By Douglas A. Berman

Via e-mail, I just received an announcement about Paul Robinson's new book, which is titled "Distributive Principles of Criminal Law: Who Should be Punished How Much."  This Amazon entry provides links to small parts of the book and this product description: The rules governing who will be punished and how much determine a society's success in two of its most fundamental functions: doing justice and protecting citizens from crime.  Drawing from the existing theoretical literature and adding to it recent insights from the social sciences, Paul Robinson describes the nature of the practical challenge in setting rational punishment principles, how past efforts have failed, and the alternatives that have been tried.  He ultimately proposes a principle for distributing criminal liability and punishment that will be most likely to do justice and control crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 13, 2008 (boomark / email).