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The limits of the criminal sanction

Title
The limits of the criminal sanction [by] Herbert L. Packer.
Author
Packer, Herbert L.
Publication
Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1968.

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Description
xi, 385 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Punishment > United States
  • Criminal liability > United States
  • Punishment (Psychology)
  • Criminology > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Punishment
  • Criminal liability
  • Straffen
  • Penologie
  • United States
  • 7.150
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: The Argument and Its Audience -- The Dilemma of Punishment -- The Meaning of Punishment -- Justifications for Criminal Punishment -- Toward an Integrated Theory of Criminal Punishment -- Culpability and Conduct -- Culpability and Excuses -- Proof and Proportionality -- Two Models of the Criminal Process -- The Models in Operation: From Arrest to Charge -- The Models in Operation: From Charge to Guilt Determination -- The Models in Operation: Review of Errors -- The Trend and Its Impact: A Tentative Appraisal -- An Approach to the Problem of Limits -- The Search for Limits: Law and Morals -- The Search for Limits: Profit and Loss -- The Criteria Applied: Morals Offenses -- The Criteria Applied: Miscellaneous Offenses -- Conclusion: Means and Ends -- Bibliographical Note -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0196903777
  • 9780196903774
  • 0804708991
  • 9780804708999
  • 0804706565
  • 9780804706568
LCCN
68026780
OCLC
  • ocm00448300
  • 448300
  • SCSB-9021553
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library