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BETWEEN PROPORTIONALITY & IMPUNITY: C onfrontation ⇒ T ruth ⇒ P revention
Author(s) -
BRAITHWAITE JOHN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.0011-1348.2005.00009.x
Subject(s) - wrongdoing , impunity , criminology , punishment (psychology) , presumption , criminal justice , ideal (ethics) , economic justice , proportionality (law) , presentation (obstetrics) , political science , law and economics , sociology , law , psychology , social psychology , medicine , human rights , radiology
The ideal of punishment proportionate to wrongdoing creates a criminal justice system that deters prevention. An alternative ideal is that crime should always be confronted with a presumption for mercy that is conditional upon participation in a truth‐seeking process that identifies paths to prevention. Informally rewarding reconciliation and prevention is the basis of a more compelling rational choice account of crime control than proportionate formal punishment. A rational and emotionally intelligent criminal justice system might look something like the airline safety system.