Download or read book Censure and Sanctions written by Andrew Von Hirsch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1991 Criminal Justice Act, requires that sentences be 'proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book discusses how sentences may be scaled proportionately to the gravity of the crime. Topics dealt with include how the idea of a penal censure justifies proportionate sentences and how political pressures impinge on sentencing policies.