Crime & Punishment: Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System by Russell Marks

Crime & Punishment: Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System by Russell Marks

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781863957175
Author: Russell Marks
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Black Inc
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
Period: 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

A provocative call for change to a justice system in desperate need of renewal.

If the goal of our justice system is to reduce crime and create a safer society, then we must do better. According to conventional wisdom, severely punishing offenders reduces the likelihood that they'll offend again. Why, then, do so many who go to prison continue to commit crimes after their release? What do we actually know about offenders and the reasons they break the law?

In Crime & Punishment, Russell Marks argues that the lives of most criminal offenders - and indeed of many victims of crime - are marked by often staggering disadvantage. For many offenders, prison only increases their chances of committing further crimes. And despite what some media outlets and politicians want us to believe, harsher sentences do not help most victims to heal.

Drawing on his experience as a lawyer, Marks eloquently makes the case for restorative justice and community correction, whereby offenders are obliged to engage with victims and make amends.

Crime & Punishment is a provocative call for change to a justice system in desperate need of renewal. (back cover)

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