
Sentencing in Time
Linda Ross Meyer(Author)
Amherst College Press
Published on 27. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
110 pages
978-1-943208-08-1 (ISBN)
Description
Exactly how is it we think the ends of justice are accomplished by sentencing someone to a term in prison? How do we relate a quantitative measure of time-months and years-to the objectives of deterring crime, punishing wrongdoers, and accomplishing justice for those touched by a criminal act? Linda Ross Meyer investigates these questions, examining the disconnect between our two basic modes of thinking about time-chronologically (seconds, minutes, hours), or phenomenologically (observing, taking note of, or being aware of the passing of time). In Sentencing in Time, Meyer asks whether-in overlooking the irreconcilability of these two modes of thinking about time-we are failing to accomplish the ends we believe the criminal justice system is designed to serve. Drawing on work in philosophy, legal theory, jurisprudence, and the history of penology, Meyer explores how, rather than condemning prisoners to an experience of time bereft of meaning, we might instead make the experience of incarceration constructively meaningful-and thus better aligned with social objectives of deterring crime, reforming offenders, and restoring justice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Michigan Publishing Services
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-943208-08-1 (9781943208081)
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Person
Linda Ross Meyer is professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law. A scholar at the intersection of law, philosophy, and culture, she served as a clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the United States Supreme Court. She is the author of The Justice of Mercy (University of Michigan Press, 2010), as well as numerous book chapters and articles.