The Need for an Articulated Distributive Principle
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
9-25-2008
Abstract
Each of the justifications for punishment, or “purposes” as they are often called, might be used as a distributive principle for criminal liability and punishment. This chapter begins with a discussion of the criterion for each alternative distributive principle. It then considers conflicts among distributive principles and the problem of unarticulated combinations of distributive principles.
Keywords
purposes, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, criminal liability, punishment
Publication Title
Distributive Principles of Criminal Law: Who Should be Punished How Much
Repository Citation
Robinson, Paul, "The Need for an Articulated Distributive Principle" (2008). Book Chapters. 163.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_chapters/163
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365757.003.0002
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365757.003.0002