Deserved criminal sentences an overview - Von Hirsch, Andrew (Oxford Portland, Oregon Hart Publishing, 2017)
Introduction: the emergence of the proportionate sentence -- Sentence proportionality sketched briefly -- Why should the criminal sanction exist? -- Why punish proportionately? -- Ordinal and cardinal proportionality -- Seriousness, severity and the living-standard -- The role of previous convictions -- Proportionate non-custodial sanctions -- A "modified" desert model? -- The politics of the desert model -- Proportionate sentences for juveniles -- Appendix: the desert model's evolution : a brief chronology.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index.
Keywords: Punishment -- Philosophy; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Proportionality in law; Just deserts (Criminal law).