Past or Future Crimes : Deservedness and Dangerousness in the Sentencing of Criminals

1st edition. 220pp. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (gently rounded at spine tips, minor rubbing on corners). Upper text block edge dust marked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, not price clipped, dust jacket (sun-faded around spine). Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. 8vo. An analysis of the debate around the principles behind sentencing criminals, which asks whether judges should impose sentences based on proportionality to the crime committed or based on the likelihood of the criminal offending again and the forecasting of future serious crimes.