The Practice of Punishment : Towards a Theory of Restorative Justice (Hardcover)

Preface An Introduction 1 PUNISHMENT AS RETRIBUTION 2 THE POINT OF PUNISHMENT: FORWARD-LOOKING ACCOUNTS 3 TWO HYBRID THEORIES Part I: H.L.A. Hart’s compromise solution Part II: Teleological retributivism 4 THE FUNCTION OF LAW AND THE NATURE OF LEGAL OBLIGATION 5 THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW Part I: The function of enforcement Part II: The practical dimensions of enforcement? policing and Adjudication Part III: Enforcement, reform, and the concept of diversion 6 TOWARDS A THEORY OF SENTENCING: RESPONSIBILITY, GUILT AND THE IDEA OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE Part I: The nature of the task Part II: The principle of responsibility and the concept of guilt Part III: Weighing the seriousness of offences 7 SENTENCING AND THE IDEA OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Part I: Two preliminary sentencing options Part II: Sentencing as conflict resolution Part III: Practical implications 8 TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF PUNISHMENT