Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: The Benefits of Self-Regulation
In this lecture I argue for the value of a self-regulatory approach to law and criminal justice. I do so by first describing and critiquing the dominant approachto regulation in use today: deterrence. I suggest that in practice this model is costly and minimally effective in securing compliance with...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
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| Summary: | In this lecture I argue for the value of a self-regulatory approach to law and criminal justice. I do so by first describing and critiquing the dominant approachto regulation in use today: deterrence. I suggest that in practice this model is costly and minimally effective in securing compliance with the law and motivating the acceptance of decisions made by police officers and judges. I then outline a different, self- regulatory model which focuses on engaging people's values as a basis for motivating voluntary deference to the law. I review empirical research suggesting that this strategy is both viable and more desirable than current sanction-based approaches. My argument is that this approach is particularly important when the goal is voluntary compliance with the law and/or willing cooperation with legal authorities |
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