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Qualities of Mercy: Justice, Punishment, and Discretion

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Description for Qualities of Mercy: Justice, Punishment, and Discretion Paperback. These top scholars probe the discretionary use of power and inquire how it has been exercised to spare convicted criminals from the full might of the law. Editor(s): Strange, Carolyn. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 295.

Qualities of Mercy deals with the history of mercy, theremittance of punishments in the criminal law. The writers probe thediscretionary use of power and inquire how it has been exercised tospare convicted criminals from the full might of the law. Drawing onthe history of England, Canada, and Australia in periods when bothcapital and corporal punishment were still practised, they show thatcontrary to common assumptions the past was not a time of unmitigatedterror and they ask what inspired restraint in punishment. Theyconclude that the ability to decide who lived and died -- through theexercise or denial of mercy -- reinforced the ... Read more

The essays are an important contribution to current public policydebates. If today's move towards unyielding and harsher punishmentproceeds, including campaigns to reinstate capital punishment, mercyalone will fail to neutralize the inequities of criminal justice. Onlyprofound cultural shifts and transitions of sensibility have the forceto stem the tide of unprecedented punitiveness.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774805858
SKU
V9780774805858
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Strange
Carolyn Strange teaches at the Centre of Criminologyat the University of Toronto. She is the author of Toronto'sGirl Problem: The Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930.

Reviews for Qualities of Mercy: Justice, Punishment, and Discretion
This thought-provoking and well-written book will be of particular interest to students of law, sociology, public policy, and criminal justice administration.
Anna Leslie
Canadian Book Review Annual

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