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Critique of Sanctioning Reform

NCJ Number
96362
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1984) Pages: 2-16
Author(s)
G Cavender
Date Published
1984
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Over the past decade in the United States and, more recently, in England, there has been extensive criticism of existing penal policy. There has been a movement in both countries to abandon the rehabilitative ideal in favor of the justice model.
Abstract
In this paper we analyze the debate over sanctioning that has emerged in the two countries and suggest some caveats about the implications of the justice model as a basis of penal policy. Additionally, we offer some observations about the general context of sanctioning reform. A total of 77 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)

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