Author: Jonathan A. Jacobs
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190863625
Size: 39.79 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Jonathan Jacobs examines the injustice of incarceration in the U.S. and U.K., both during incarceration and upon release into civil society. Situated at the intersection of criminology and political philosophy, Jacobs's focus is on moral reasoning, and he argues that the current state of incarceration is antithetical to the project of liberal democracy, as it strips incarcerated people of their agency. He advocates for reforms through a renewed commitment to thevalues and principles of liberal democracy and proposes a retributivist conception of sanction to reform the criminal justice system and emphasizes the importance of proportionality.