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A number of jurisdictions, including England and Wales after their adoption of the 1991 Criminal Justice Act, require that sentences be `proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book, written by the leading architect of `just deserts' sentencing theory, discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences; how a penalty scale should be `anchored' to reduce overall punishment levels; how non-custodial penalties should be graded and used; and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies.

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His splendid new book offers a powerful restatement of his views, and a response to recent developments in penal theory and policy. Mind To be welcomed for its brevity, clarity, comprehensiveness, contemporary relevance, and perspective. LCCJ Newsletter

His splendid new book offers a powerful restatement of his views, and a response to recent developments in penal theory and policy. Mind To be welcomed for its brevity, clarity, comprehensiveness, contemporary relevance, and perspective. LCCJ Newsletter

`his splendid new book offers a powerful restatement of his views, and a response to recent developments in penal theory and policy' Mind `to be welcomed for its brevity, clarity, comprehensiveness, contemporary relevance, and perspective ... This book is redolent with that intelligent and rigorous liberalism which was once the hallmark of the American academic' LCCJ Newsletter `his splendid new book offers a powerful restatement of his views, and a response to recent developments in penal theory and policy ... one of the merits of his book is that it takes seriously both the theoretical objections to his account, and the practical and political problems involved in developing a theory of punishment which can address our actual penal situation ... This is certainly a book which should be read by any philosopher (and not only by philosophers) who has any interest in the problems of criminal punishment: it offers a serious and plausible account of how criminal punishment can be justified, which will challenge even those whom it does not persuade.' MIND `His splendid new book offers a powerful restatement of his views, and a response to recent developments in penal theory and policy ... This is certainly a book which should be read by any philosopher (and not only by philosophers) who has any interest in the problems of criminal punishment: it offers a serious and plausible account of how criminal punishment can be justified, which will challenge even those whom it does not persuade; it reminds us of the pressing need to relate theoretical discussions of the justification of punishment to a range of more practical issues in sentencing and penal policy.' Mind `A coherent package in which the argument unfolds logically through successive chapters ... von Hirsch has a rare talent for expressing complex ideas in simple and compelling terms ... Censure and Sanctions contains a great deal which will be of interest to both critics and believers. It bristles with the potential of ripening debate.' Criminal Law Review `'a wonderful short-hand opportunity to get up to speed on recent developments in the sentencing arena...Von Hirsch presents a challenging array of arguments that deserve attention.'' The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology `Andrew von Hirsch reviews a great deal of the literature in this valuable survey of the field. He is a radical campaigner for sentencing reform, and we are left in no doubt where he stands on these issues.' British Journal of Criminology `'Von Hirsch's volume is valuable, as it does perhaps the best one can do in seeking to develop a sentencing theory guided by proportionalist requirements.'' Law and Philosophy

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