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Criminalization is a new series arising from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles and goals that should guide decisions about what kinds of conduct are to be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Criminalization series
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=56b85d3c4d9b47b89bc9738d773309ca |
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Criminalization is a new series arising from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles and goals that should guide decisions about what kinds of conduct are to be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of criminalization, the six volumes will tackle the key questions at the heart of the issue: by reference to what principles and goals should legislatures decide what to criminalize? How should criminal wrongs be classified and differentiated? And how should law enforcement officials apply the law's specification of offences? -- The Boundaries of the Criminal Law is the first book in this series examining the scope and boundaries of the criminal law. Investigations into the reach of the criminal law have often focussed on the harm principle--the principle that conduct can be justifiably criminalized only if it is harmful--or other master principles that might determine the proper scope of the criminal law. This collection of original essays by some of the leading scholars in criminal law and philosophy from the UK and the US makes significant advances in the development of a broader range of ideas that might inform criminalization decisions. -- A range of issues are discussed, including the significance for criminalization of ideas of moral wrongdoing and of using a person as a means; the distinction between criminal law and other forms of legal regulation; the role of new technology in our understanding of the evolving scope of the criminal law; and the role of criminal justice officials in decision-making about criminalization. The authors draw not only on legal and philosophical sources in their investigations, but also on history, sociology, and social psychology for a truly interdisciplinary approach. -- This is a groundbreaking set of essays which will help to reorient legal and philosophical discussion about the proper scope of the criminal law. --Book Jacket. |
| Item Description: | Series statement on jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 267 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191616761 9780199600557 |
| Index Number: | K5015 |
| CLC: | D914 |
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Introduction : the boundaries of the criminal law / Criminalization and the criminal process : prudential mercy as a limit on penal sanctions in an era of mass incarceration / Preventive orders : a problem of undercriminalization? / Perversions and subversions of criminal law / Proactive forensic profiling : proactive criminalization? / Horrific crime / Criminalization and regulation / Criminal law between public and private law / Criminal wrongs in historical perspective / Theories of criminalization and the limits of criminal law : a legal cultural approach / |