Gorecki, Jan - A Theory of Criminal Justice

New York, Columbia University Press, 1979. orig. cloth. 23x16cm, xvii,185 pp, Several faint spots to top page-edge.. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Criminal Justice as an Implement; Learning; The Moral Experience;Persuasive Communications; Instrumental Learning; Persuasive Instrumental Learning of Moral Experiences; Criminal Law as an Implement of Moral Learning; Criminal Punishment in America; Justice; Wrong Selection of Punishable Behavior: Homosexual Acts; Wrong Selections of Punishable Behavior: Drug Abuse; Inconsistency: Judicial Sentencing Powers and Indeterminate Sentences; Inconsistency: Plea Bargaining; Certainty; The Leniency; Sociological Fallacy: Social Determinants of Criminal Behavior; Psychological Fallacy: Treatment; Constitutional Constraints; The Implications; Introductory Remarks; The Crimes; Discretion and Bargaining; Limiting Discretion; Removing Negotiated Pleas; Reducing Punitiveness and Cutting Expenditure; Proving the Truth: Confessions; The Underlying Values that Deserve Protection; The Construction to Fit the Values; Humanitarianism Reconsidered; Criticism of the Recommendations; Countercriticism; Severity of Punishments; Stigma, Juveniles.

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