NCJ Number
19103
Date Published
1973
Length
290 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF CRIMINAL LAW REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES AND WEST GERMANY, ANALYZING IN PARTICULAR THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL, ETHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS FIRST CONSIDER THE ATTITUDES AND PHILOSOPHIES INHERENT IN THE FORMULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW, THEN EXAMINE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PROBLEMS TO REFORMING THE CRIMINAL CODES OF BOTH COUNTRIES. APPROACHES IN BOTH COUNTRIES TO CRIMINAL LAW REFORM ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THEORY AND FORM OF CORRECTIONS, SENTENCING, GRADING OF PUNISHMENT, AND, FOR THE UNITED STATES, THE PROBLEMS BETWEEN PIECEMEAL REVISION AND FULLSCALE REFORM. SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS DISCUSS CURRENT ISSUES AND SUBSTANTIVE REFORMS IN SUCH SELECTED AREAS AS ABORTION, POLITICAL OFFENSES, AND LEGAL CONTROL OVER PUBLIC AND PERSONAL MORALITY.