1st Edition
Social Injustice versus Criminal Justice A Philosophical Study of Inequality and Punishment
By David Chelsom Vogt
Copyright 2027
274 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
This book explores why social inequality undermines the justice of our penal systems. It takes as its starting point the fact that socially deprived persons are more likely than others to be targeted by the criminal justice system. Empirical research on crime and punishment has long established that a disproportionately large share of those who receive state punishment, especially incarceration,... Read more
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Criminal justice and social justice; 3. Unjust law: Why social injustice increases one’s likelihood of punishment; 4. Unjust societies: Why social injustice increases one’s likelihood of committing crime; 5. Standing to punish the severely deprived; 6. Severe deprivation as justification; 7. Severe deprivation as excuse; 8. Severe deprivation mitigation; 9. Other criminal justice reforms; 10. Conclusion: Unfree and unequal
Biography
David Chelsom Vogt is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway.
