Past Or Future Crimes: Deservedness And Dangerousness In The Sentencing Of Criminals (crime, Law, And Deviance Series)

Part I: The Issues In Perspective -- 1. Evolution Of The Debate -- 2. Sentencing Guidelines -- Part Ii: The Conception Of Desert -- 3. Why Punish Proportionately? -- 4. Proportionality: Determining Or Limiting? -- 5. Why Punish At All? -- Part Iii: How Much Punishment Is Deserved? -- 6. Gauging The Seriousness Of Crimes -- 7. Previous Convictions -- 8. Anchoring The Penalty Scale -- Part Iv: Selective Incapacitation -- 9. Predictive Efficacy -- 10. Impact On Crime Rates And Prison Populations -- 11. Ethical Problems: The No Conflict Thesis -- 12. Prediction Within Broad Desert Limits? -- Part V: Synthesizing Past And Future -- 13. Categorial Incapacitation -- 14. Strategies For Synthesis -- 15. Concluding Observations -- Appendixes: 1. The Question Of False Positives -- 2. A Note On Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines. Andrew Von Hirsch. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [201]-212. Law Appellate Attorney Attorneys Civil Court Criminal Defender Defending Defense Federal Hearing Judge Jurisprudence Jury Legal Motion Prison Sentences Prosecute Prosecution Prosecutor Punishment Recidivism Sentencing State Tort Trial Trials