Doing Justice

Hirsch, A. V. (1976). Doing Justice: The Choice of Punishments.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1976

Link

https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780809001248verified

Cited from

law_governance

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Primes

• Proportionality
  • A 20-year sentence for shoplifting violates proportionality; a 6-month sentence for armed robbery may also violate it (insufficient punishment).

    This sourceHill & Wang. Foundational desert-based theory of criminal sentencing: punishment severity should be proportionate to offense culpability and harm; sets bidirectional bounds on excessive and inadequate punishment.

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