Humanising Punishment?: mitigation and "Case-Cleansing" Prior to Sentencing

The purpose of this article is to stimulate new thinking about the role of the humanisation of the person to be sentenced. By rendering the person’s offending more comprehensible, humanisation is assumed to obstruct harsh penal treatment and mechanical case-disposal. Distinctively, however, this art...

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Main Author: Tata, Cyrus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 659-683
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Rights Information:CC BY 4.0
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Keywords:
Mary Douglas
Sentenciar
Sentencing
admisión de culpa
Castigo
court efficiency
Dirty work
eficacia judicial
Guilty pleas
Humanisation
humanización
mitigación
Mitigation
Punishment
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