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What are we trying to do by defining conduct as criminal and punishing people who commit crimes? To what extent are we justified in thinking that we can or ought to do what we are trying to do? This book deals with these questions.

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"The academic fascination with Herbert Packer's two models of the criminal process has yielded an amazing thread of scholarship involving a variety of academic disciples, linking various topics, offering interesting insights on many criminal justice institutions and phenomena, and spanning more than four decades . . . That this enthusiasm and engagement persist to this day is proof that criminal justice scholarship indeed stands on the shoulders of giants."—Hadar Aviram, Law & Social Inquiry

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Contents Part I: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part II: 8 9 10 11 12 Part III: 13 14 15 16 17

The Limits of the Criminal Sanction

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 1 June 1968
      ISBN-13 9780804708999
      978-0804708999
      ISBN-10 0804708991

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What are we trying to do by defining conduct as criminal and punishing people who commit crimes? To what extent are we justified in thinking that we can or ought to do what we are trying to do? This book deals with these questions.

      Trade Review
      "The academic fascination with Herbert Packer's two models of the criminal process has yielded an amazing thread of scholarship involving a variety of academic disciples, linking various topics, offering interesting insights on many criminal justice institutions and phenomena, and spanning more than four decades . . . That this enthusiasm and engagement persist to this day is proof that criminal justice scholarship indeed stands on the shoulders of giants."—Hadar Aviram, Law & Social Inquiry

      Table of Contents
      Contents Part I: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part II: 8 9 10 11 12 Part III: 13 14 15 16 17

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