Lay-perspectives on criminal deviance, goals of punishment, and punitivity

Social Justice Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-98

  Oswald, M E ^a   Hupfeld, J ^a   Klug, S C ^a   Gabriel, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Micro macrojustice; Perceived threat to society; Punitivity; Retributive justice; Sentencing goals; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037792941     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019928721720     Document Type: Article

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