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Sentencing (and) the Underclass

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Blomberg Thomas G. & CohenStanley, eds. Punishment and Social Control: Essays in Honor of Sheldon L. Messinger. Foreword by Philip Selznick. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995. x + 318 pp. $46.95.
Clarkson Chris & MorganRod, eds. The Politics of Sentencing Reform. New York: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1995. vi + 287 pp. $59.00.
Todd R. Clear. Harm in American Penology: Offenders, Victims, and Their Communities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. xvi + 242 pp. $74.50 cloth; $24.95 paper.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Candace McCoy
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Le primary principle underlying the physician's oath is nonmaleficence: “first, do no harm.” These five books present the best contemporary thinking about trends in criminal sentencing and philosophies of punishment; taken together, they offer the physicians’ wise counsel to modem politicians, judges, and citizens across the globe.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 1997 , pp. 589 - 612
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Copyright © 1997 by The Law and Society Association

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Gratitude goes to my colleagues: to Marvin Zalman for commenting on an early draft of this essay and especially to George Thomas for prompting me to write it.

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