NCJ Number
12316
Date Published
1971
Length
463 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE PURPOSES AND PROCESSES OF CRIMINAL LAW, AND THE TOTAL SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION.
Abstract
THE SELECTIONS IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS VOLUME DISCUSS EMERGING NOTIONS OF MODERN CRIMINAL LAW IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA, PRESENT THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT, AND THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW AS A VEHICLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF MORALS. PART TWO DEALS WITH THE PROCESSES OF THE CRIMINAL LAW AND IS COMPOSED OF THE WORKS OF SUCH WRITERS AS ROSCOE POUND, H.L. PACKER, ERVING GOFFMAN, AND THE EDITORS THEMSELVES. THE FINAL SECTION CONTAINS ARTICLES BY SUCH AUTHORS AS H.L. HART, WRITING ON THE USE AND ABUSE THE CRIMINAL LAW, AND S.H. KADISH, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE USE OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS IN ENFORCING ECONOMIC REGULATIONS.