Previous Convictions at Sentencing
Roberts, Julian V (University of Oxford, UK) / Hirsch, Andreas von (University of Cambridge, UK (Emeritus))
This book addresses one of the oldest and most contested questions in the field of criminal sentencing: Should an offender's previous convictions affect the sentence, and how? As well, this question provokes a series of others: Is it possible to justify a discount for first offenders within a retributive sentencing framework? How should previous convictions enter into the sentencing equation? At what point should prior misconduct cease to coun...