Oxford LibGuides: Criminal law &amp; justice: Punishment

Finding commentary on punishment

Legal Punishment (RA Duff)
Article in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Freely available to anyone on the domain of a UK higher education establishment

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment by Farah Focquaert; Elizabeth Shaw; Bruce N. Waller
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this via title link
ISBN: 9781138580626
Publication Date: 2020

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Punishment
Punishment -- Philosophy
Corrections
Criminal liability
Criminal liability -- Philosophy
Sentencing (Criminal procedure)
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Philosophy

Criminals -- Rehabilitation

Below are some examples

Principled Sentencing by Andrew Ashworth (Editor); Julian Roberts (Editor); Andrew Von Hirsch (Editor)
Call Number: Law Reserve Collection KM740.VON 2009
ISBN: 1841137170
Publication Date: (3rd ed, 2009)
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility by Rowan Cruft; Matthew H. Kramer; Mark R. Reiff
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780199592814
Publication Date: 2011
If preferred print copies are available in the Law Bod at Jurisp 510 D855g and the SSL K5018.CRI 2011 (The latter is a lending copy)
Why Punish? How Much? by Michael H. Tonry (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 019532885X
Publication Date: 2011
Print copy is at Crim 600 T666i
The Prisoners' Dilemma : political economy and punishment in contemporary democracies by Nicola Lacey
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0521899478
Publication Date: 2008
Print copy is at Crim 600 L131b

Death penalty

Subject searches to use in SOLO

Capital punishment
Capital punishment - law and legislation

International steps towards abolition

European Convention on Human Rights
Section of official website of European Court of Human Rights. Protocols 6 & 13 are appendices to the pdf version of the Convention available here.
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
General Assembly resolution 44/128 of 15 December 1989 on official website of OHCHR
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
English version on OAS official website. OAS, TREATY SERIES, No. 73 Also links to table of status details
A Review of the Progressive Development of International Human Rights Framework on Capital Punishment
Free resource. Online research guide by Michelle Miao (2015) Part of Globalex

The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law by William A. Schabas
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0521893445
Publication Date: (3rd edn, 2002)
Print copy in Law Bod is at Internat 570 S291a3
Another copy in SSL

Death Penalty Information Center (USA) Free resource The DPIC "is a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment ... [prepares] in-depth reports, [conducts] briefings for journalists, and ... releases an annual report on the death penalty, highlighting significant developments and featuring the latest statistics. The Center also produces groundbreaking reports on various issues related to the death penalty such as arbitrariness, costs, innocence, and race. We offer a wide variety of multimedia resources, such as our free, online educational curricula and our podcast series, DPIC on the Issues."