Assessing Criminal Justice Practice Using Social Justice Theory
In this paper, I introduce two of the leading theories of social justice put forth by John Rawls and David Miller. Then, I assess criminal justice practice, from law-making to corrections, in terms of ways in which it is consistent and inconsistent with these theories of social justice. Throughout t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Social justice research
Year: 2010 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I introduce two of the leading theories of social justice put forth by John Rawls and David Miller. Then, I assess criminal justice practice, from law-making to corrections, in terms of ways in which it is consistent and inconsistent with these theories of social justice. Throughout the paper, I also identify ways in which criminal justice practice is inconsistent with social justice. I make recommendations for reforming criminal justice to make it more consistent with social justice |
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| ISSN: | 0885-7466 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11211-010-0108-1 |