| Description |
xi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Doing justice and the distractions from it -- Fear of manipulation and abuse -- Advancing reliability -- Making the most of limited resources -- Living by rules -- Controlling crime and criminals -- Controlling police and prosecutors -- Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice -- Criminal justice reforms -- Employing civil rather than criminal processes. |
| Summary |
This book is a ... for thoughtful legislators and all the rest of us who seek justice for persons charged with crimes-proportional punishment of the guilty, and exculpation of the morally blameless. The authors demonstrate, with remarkable lucidity, how and why the criminal law sometimes deliberately sacrifices justice for other goals, and they provide thoughtful, controversial, and often persuasive suggestions on how we can redesign our legal system to give people their just deserts. [In the book, the authors offer an] account of how the American criminal justice system fails to give offenders their just deserts in a number of different contexts. From the refusal to allow partial exoneration for defenses like mistake of law and insanity to the practical limitations on detecting and prosecuting offenders, [they also] demonstrate through ... discussions of actual cases the many areas where criminal sentencing fails to do justice.-Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Judicial error -- United States.
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Law reform -- United States.
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Strafrechtspleging.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00883246
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Judicial error. (OCoLC)fst00984666
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Law reform. (OCoLC)fst00994081
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Strafrechtspleging.
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Straffprocess -- Förenta staterna.
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Oskyldigt dömda -- Förenta staterna.
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Straffrätt -- Förenta staterna.
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| Added Author |
Cahill, Michael T.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Robinson, Paul H., 1948- Law without justice. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)607873432 |
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Online version: Robinson, Paul H., 1948- Law without justice. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)608098226 |
| ISBN |
9780195160154 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0195160150 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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