The Ethics of Community-Based Sanctions
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Crime & Delinquency
- Vol. 36 (1) , 162-173
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128790036001011
Abstract
The reviving interest in noncustodial penalties makes it urgent to explore the ethical limits on their use. This article explores three kinds of limits: proportionality (desert) constraints, restrictions against humiliating or degrading punishments, and concerns about intrusion into the rights of third parties. In connection with the second of these limits, the concept of “acceptable penal content” is developed.Keywords
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