Democratizing Punishment?

• October 14, 2015
• 10:05 AM - 10:05 CST
• Corboy Law Center, Room 1103
• Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
  Loretta Stalans, lstalan@luc.edu
• Open to the public.
• http://www.luc.edu/criminaljustice/about/DemocratizingPunishment?.shtml
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  ¿Democratizing Punishment? Exploring the Role of Public Opinion at Sentencing¿
  A Talk by Dr. Julian Roberts
  University of Oxford ¿ Faculty of Law

  October 14, 2015
  4:30 pm ¿ 6:30pm

  This presentation explores perspectives which privilege the role of public intuitions about punishment over more traditional influences on sentencing practice. This movement may be termed ¿Democratizing Punishment¿ and has important consequences for sentencing in all common law jurisdictions. Recent books have advocated reforms such as deriving sentencing principles from public opinion research, or sentencing by juries rather than legal professionals. The author critiques this perspective, noting the threats to principled sentencing arising from direct public involvement in the sentencing of offenders. The seminar concludes by suggesting ways in which community values may be incorporated into sentencing guidelines or sentencing statutes, drawing upon international case studies.

  LOCATION
  Loyola University-Chicago
  Corboy Law Center, 11th floor Room 1103
  Water Tower Campus
  25 East Pearson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

  Co-Sponsored by the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, the School of Law, and the Department of Political Science