Sentencing in time /

Sentencing in time /

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Author / Creator:	Meyer, Linda, 1962- author.
Imprint:	Amherst, Massachusetts : The Amherst College Press, ©2017.
Description:	110 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Public works Public works.
Subject:	Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States. Prison sentences -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of. Prison sentences. Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11700283

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ISBN:	9781943208081 1943208085
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Exactly how is it we think the ends of justice are accomplished by means of sentencing a convict to a term in prison? How do we relate a quantitative measure of time--months and years--to the objectives of deterring crime, punishing wrongdoers, and accomplishing a quality of justice for those touched by a criminal act? Linda Meyer investigates these questions, examining the disconnect between our two basic modes of thinking about time--chronologically (seconds, minutes, hours), or phenomenologically (observing, taking note of, or being aware of the passing of time). Meyer asks whether--in overlooking the irreconcilability of these two modes of thinking about time--we are failing to accomplish anything near to the ends we believe the criminal justice system is designed to serve. Drawing on work in philosophy, legal theory, jurisprudence, and the history of penology, Meyer explores how, rather than condemning prisoners to an experience of time bereft of meaning, we might instead make the experience of incarceration constructively meaningful--and thus better aligned with social objectives of deterring crime, reforming offenders, and restoring justice."--Publisher.

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