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Democratising punishment: Sentencing, community views and values

Abstract:: This essay explores and critiques a theory of criminal justice which privileges the role of public intuitions about punishment over more traditional influences on sentencing principles and practice. This movement may be termed ‘Democratising Punishment’ and it has important consequences for sentencing in all jurisdictions. Several recent books advocate reforms such as deriving sentencing principles from public opinion research or sentencing by juries rather than legal professionals. In the essay we critique this perspective and note the threats to principled sentencing arising from greater public involvement in the sentencing of offenders.

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Roberts, J., & de Keijser, J. (2014). Democratising punishment: Sentencing, community views and values. PUNISHMENT and SOCIETY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PENOLOGY, 16(4), 474–498.

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Roberts, J., and J. de Keijser. “Democratising Punishment: Sentencing, Community Views and Values.” PUNISHMENT and SOCIETY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PENOLOGY, vol. 16, no. 4, SAGE Publications, 2014, pp. 474–98.

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Roberts, J, and J de Keijser. 2014. “Democratising Punishment: Sentencing, Community Views and Values.” PUNISHMENT and SOCIETY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PENOLOGY 16 (4): 474–98.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1177/1462474514539539

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Law
Sub department:: Centre for Criminology
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Role:: Author

Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Journal:: PUNISHMENT and SOCIETY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PENOLOGY More from this journal
Volume:: 16
Issue:: 4
Pages:: 474-498
Publication date:: 2014-10-01
DOI:: 10.1177/1462474514539539
EISSN:: 1741-3095
ISSN:: 1462-4745

Language:: English
Keywords:: Community views

sentencing

penal populism
Pubs id:: pubs:488508
UUID:: uuid:3ad46f14-b69f-4a13-9698-31489ec1fc89
Local pid:: pubs:488508
Source identifiers:: 488508
Deposit date:: 2014-11-18

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