To blame or to forgive? Reconciling punishment and forgiveness in criminal justice

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 665-696

  Lacey, Nicola ^a   Pickard, Hanna ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Ethics; Forgiveness; Political theory; Punishment; Retribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963837866     PISSN: 01436503     EISSN: 14643820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ojls/gqv012     Document Type: Article

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