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Punishment, desert, deterrence
model penal code, criminal
Criminal law, defense
criminal, actus reus, mens rea criminal liability
mens rea, guilty mind, criminal
preventive detention, dangerousness, incapacitation, punishment
criminal liability, omission liability
Deterrence, punishment, social science
criminal law, law & society, psychology, empirical evidence, moral blameworthiness, biological underpinnings, evolutionary processes, development of moral judgment, views of justice, intuition
criminal law, deterrence, punishment theory, punishment
Islamic Model Penal Code, Shari'a, United Nations Development Program, Republic of the Maldives, codified penal law, sentencing guidelines, international norms, Muslim, drafting, criminal law and procedure
desert, punishment
criminal law and procedure, criminal liability, criminal punishment, social engineering, coercive indoctrination, government transparency, justice reform
scholarship, research agenda
Islamic criminal law, Shari'a, United Nations Development Program, Republic of the Maldives, sentencing guidelines, international norms, Muslim, criminal code drafting, criminal law and procedure, criminal offenses
Penal law, punishment, sanctions, criminal code, Model Penal Code
blackmail, extortion, coercion, criminal law theory, social science research, wrongful intention, breach of duty, domination, usurping authority, efficient information allocation, state criminal codes, scenario research
restorative justice, vicim offender mediation, criminal law, punishment
Criminal law, criminal code, criminal liability
criminal law & procedure, empirical research, exclusionary rule, policing, stop & frisk, search & seizure, profiling, plea bargaining, criminalization, justification, excuse, nonexculpatory, culpability, offense grading, deference, compliance, deterrence, preventive detention, duties, legitimate
criminal justice criminal law, punishment theory, desert, deterrence
psychology, criminal liability, punishment, deterrence, distributive principle, incapacitation of dangerous persons, desert, crime control
criminal law and procedure, jurisprudence, public law and legal theory, desert, vengeful, deontological, empirical, distributive principle, punishment, retribution, sentencing, immoral, morality
punishment, preventive detention
desert, blame, empirical studies, moral philosophy, intuitions, psychology, criminal justice policy, criminal law
Criminal justice policy, law enforcement, police-community relations, civilian oversight, justice failures, witness intimidation, stop snitching, defund the police movement, Ferguson effect
Criminal law, doing justice, crime fighting, moral credibility, intuitions of justice, just desert, distributive justice, retributivism, retribution, deontological desert
justification, punishment
Desert, punishment, incapacitation
Brainwashing, Excusing Condition, Disability, Cognitive & Control Dysfunction, Normative Crime Control, Criminal Law Defense
criminal code, history, Model Penal Code, Anglo-Saxon code
Criminal sanctions, procedure, XPF, sentencing discretion, offender history, victims, moral credibility, social cultural, acknowledgment guilt, guilty plea, public outrage, good bad character, civil compensation, rehabilitation, special talent, demographic differences, disparity application
Criminal law, core of wrongdoing, intuitions of justice, social reform, significance of resulting harm, agreement and disagreement about judgments of justice, judging relative blameworthiness, violence, theft, reform realism
Purpose of criminal law, criminal liability and punishment, retributivists, crime-control, Model Penal Code, desert, intuitions of justice, deterrence, social science research and law, “three strikes,” felony murder, drug offenses, strict liability, media coverage of crime
criminal code
Criminal liability, impute
Jurisprudence, criminal defenses, imputation, mens rea, elements of a crime
civil liability, criminal liability, desert, punishment theory
criminal law, legality, vagueness, discretion, fair notice, strict construction, ex post facto
criminal law, sentencing, life without parole, punishment theory, deterrence, incapacitation, empirical desert, deontological desert, three strikes statutes, coercive and normative crime control
criminal liability, blameworthiness, culpability, mens rea, regulatory offenses, strict liability, preventive detention, criminal conduct, actus reus, criminalization, overcriminalization, harm principle, morality enforcement, excuse defenses
criminal liability, harm, deterrence, retribution
punishment theory, distributive principle for criminal liability and punishment, deterrence, incapacitation of the dangerous, rehabilitation, empirical desert, deontological desert, Model Penal Code
Conduct, criminal, adjudication
international law, criminal law, use of force, military action, unlawful aggression, intuitions of justice, moral credibility, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute, self defense, U.N. Charter
Criminal law, Republican versus Democrat, statistical analysis, Model Penal Code, state political control, neighboring state effect, headline case effect, American Law Institute, state characteristics, criminal justice characteristics, red-blue effect, national reform movements.
justification defenses, objective rule of conduct, ex ante, subjective formulation of justification, subjectivity, objectivity
Insanity, mental illness negating offense element, provocation, extreme mental or emotional disturbance, diminished capacity, partial insanity, American criminal law codification, psychology, competence, responsibility, culpability, mitigation
crime control, community, justice
Criminal law excuses, duress, insanity, mental illness, mistake, intoxication, immaturity, impaired consciousness, involuntary act, hypnosis
justification, criminal law
Criminal law, absent-law, state of nature, philosophy of law, vigilantism, evolution, Darwinian theory, altruistic punishment, natural experiment, social cooperation, social cohesion, subverting justice, utility of desert, restorative justice, non-incarcerative sanctions, transitional justice
Justice, criminal law, criminal liability, defense
Distribution, criminal sanctions, punishment
Mass incarceration, sentencing reform, prison, comparative criminal punishments, criminal justice data, crime rates, criminal histories, criminal justice effectiveness, sentencing guidelines, punishment punitiveness, non-incarcerative sanctions, prison reform, moral credibility of criminal law
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing, Policing, Prosecutors, Criminal Justice Reform, Democracy, Democratic Criminal Justice
Sentencing
criminal law, law & society, psychology, views of justice, sentencing and corrections, punishment, blame, lay intuitions of justice, empirical desert, moral credibility, individual prevention, future dangerousness, preventative detention, community involvement in criminal punishment
Empirical desert, moral credibility, stigmatize, vigilantism, social norms, utility of desert, disutility of injustice, community views, retributivism, three-strikes, drug penalties, felony-murder rule, insanity defense, strict liability offenses, American and Chinese debates
Criminal code, ex ante, criminal law
Justification, criminal law, Bernhard Goetz
justification, excuse, non-exculpatory defense, Model Penal Code, National Commission, majority view, lesser evils, execution of public duty, self-defense, defense of persons, defense of property, defense of habitation, deadly force, law enforcement authority, persons with special responsibility
Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Moral Philosophers, Philosophy, Desert, Distributive Principle, Deontological, Empirical, Intuitions of Justice
offense grading, mandatory minimum sentences, moral credibility, criminal code reform, Pennsylvania criminal law, proportional punishment, criminal law politics, legislation, drafting, grading offenses, inconsistent statutory language, limiting judicial discretion
self-defense, non-lethal weapons, criminal law
shared intuitions of justice, crime control
criminal law, victims rights movement, punishment
Murder Mitigations, Extreme Emotional Disturbance, Mental Illness Negating an Element, Provocation, Diminished Capacity, Partial Responsibility, Model Penal Code, Common Law Criminal Law, Desert, Partial Insanity
criminal law, proposed Illinois Criminal Code, drafting, criminal law codification, recodification, Model Penal Code, defining offenses, codifying defenses, grading offenses, consolidating offenses, modern criminal codes
Criminal justice, reintegration, prisoner reentry, retributivism, collateral consequences, restorative justice, pardon, clemency, apology, confession, amends, atonement, repentant, remorse, deserved punishment, empirical desert, self-punishment, expungement, transitional justice, jury sentencing
crime, Model Penal Code
core principles, blameworthiness principle, proportionality, wrongdoing, empirical & cross-cultural studies, child development, desert, moral credibility, restorative justice, legality principle, mistake of law, mitigations, partial excuses, international criminal law, criminal codes, rules of war
Coercive or military indoctrination, social influence, blameworthiness proportionality, rhetorical advantage, religious radicalization, criminal law codification, excuse defense, mitigation, brainwashing, empirical desert, disutility of injustice, in-group favoritism, deference to authority
Criminal law, culpability, blameworthiness, defenses, excuses, drugs, mens rea, drunkenness, specific & basic/general intent, intuitions of justice, duress, compulsion, involuntary intoxication, voluntary intoxication, addiction, alcoholism, negating offense element
mercy, crime control, moral credibility, criminal law, disparity in sentencing, forgiveness, compassion, intuitions of justice, empirical desert, doing justice
criminal code, model penal code
justification
Insanity, community standards
Criminal Law & Procedure, Structure of American Criminal Law, Criminal Code Reform, Model Penal Code, Central Features of Modern American Criminal Codes, Principle of Legality, American Criminal Justice Process, Criminal Liability Requirements, Offense Requirements, Doctrines Of Imputation, Inchoate
behavioral sciences, ex ante, cost-benefit analysis of crime, offender perceptions, lack of deterrent effect, just deserts
Criminal justice policy, constitutional law, investigation, evidence, privacy, forensic science, justice failure, search & seizure, interrogation, Miranda, ambush defenses, surveillance, algorithmic facial recognition, DNA databases, public opinion
Criminal law, liability, punishment, traditionalists, modernists, criminality
Hate crimes, criminal liability
crime rate, moral credibility
Criminal law, codes, psychology, lay intuitions, community values, empirical legal studies, justification, excuse, culpability, criminalization, complicity, causation, attempt
Criminal law, moral credibility, crime control, justification defenses, failures of justice, unchecked punishment discretion, exclusionary rule, double jeopardy, entrapment, shadow vigilante, neighborhood watch, police perjury, overcharging, disproportionate penalties, mandatory minimum sentencing
Criminal codes
criminal, modern code, criminal code, codification, criminal reform
desert, punishment, punishment theory, crime control
Sentencing Reform Act, sentencing, United States Sentencing Commission
criminal law, punishment theory, retribution, retributivism, desert
model penal code
Criminal Law and Procedure, Law Enforcement, Public Policy, Punishment, Deterrence, Public Opinion, Blameworthiness, Politics, Legitimacy, Empirical Research, Moral Credibility, Absolute Liability, Moral Credibility, Empirical Desert, Regulatory Violations, Overcriminalization
Criminal law, Model Penal Code, statute, proximate cause, remoteness of causation, culpability, legal cause, too remote or accidental, factual cause
Criminalization, community views and judgments, law reform, modification of social norms, sexual offenses, intuitions of justice, moral credibility, criminal law, justifying deviations from desert, social reform
criminal law, proposed Kentucky Criminal Code, drafting, criminal law codification, recodification, Model Penal Code, defining offenses, codifying defenses, grading offenses, consolidating offenses, modern criminal codes
culpability
parole, parolee, rights, parole holds
criminal, civil, punishment, distinction
retributivism, empirical desert, consequentialism, democratic values, standing criminal law reform commission, coercive crime-control, legislative delegation, interest group pressure, strict liability offenses, felony murder, adult prosecution of juveniles, three strikes, legislative mistake
criminal law, democracy, community views of justice, empirical desert, crime politics, social reform, effective crime-control, core of wrongdoing, relative blameworthiness, intuitions of justice, criminal code-community conflict, distributive principles, deviations from desert, shaping norms
criminal code, Model Penal Code
Criminal law, punishment, sentencing, law enforcement & corrections, cooperation, social cohesion, anarchy, antipunishment, utopia, Drop City, Black Bear Ranch, Tolstoy Farm, system for punishing violations of core rules, evolutionary benefit
sentencing
Blameworthiness proportionality, Model Penal Code, empirical desert, limiting retributivism, provocation, heat of passion, remorse, nullification, shadow vigilantism, mental or emotional disturbance, general mitigation provision, empirical study, criminal law codification, emotions
Criminal law, law & society, public law & legal theory, trigger crimes, social outrage, politics, legislation, Triangle Shirtwaist, garment workers, immigrant women, fire safety, labor law, workplace safety, reform process, media coverage, political connections, social movements
Criminal law, enforcement, vigilantism, public opinion, justice, juries, police, judges, prosecutors, sentencing, guidelines, mandatory minimums, three strikes laws, witnesses, testilying, search and seizure, exclusionary rule, juvenile offenders, overcharging, private policing, jury nullification
Criminal law, criminal code reform, proportional punishment, criminal law politics, legislation, limiting judicial discretion, penal law, punishment, sanctions, Model Penal Code, Kentucky criminal law, crime du jour, criminal code degradation, offense grading irrationalities
Criminal liability, sentencing, sanctions, punishment, criminal code
Riot, mob, responsibility, criminal liability
sentencing, guidelines, sentencing commission, sentencing reform act
criminal, punishment
Criminal law, sentencing, law enforcement & corrections, just punishment, gold mining camps, bread thieves, Nazi concentration camps, wagon trains, vigilantes, social cooperation, social cohesion, shared understandings of justice, evolutionary benefit, perceptions of unfairness, moral reasoning
Criminal Law and Procedure, justification defenses, unavoidable uncertainty, deeds theory, reasons theory, objective theory of justification, subjective theory of justification
criminal law, mitigations, defenses, homicide, common law provocation, extreme mental or emotional disturbance, EMED, diminished capacity, mental illness negating an offense element, MINOE, insanity, cognitive and control prongs, Model Penal Code, reforms
Sentencing guidelines
criminal law, defenses, justification, excuse, nonexculpatory, doctrines of imputation, complicity, voluntary intoxication, ex ante articulation of rules of conduct, principles of ex post adjudication, legality
criminal justice, desert, punishment, blameworthiness proportionality, positive post-offense behavior, offender’s subsequent conduct, reinforcement of societal norms, good deed, sentencing, collateral consequences, debt-paid, reform, redemption, remorse, treatment, responsible offender, reward
justice, punishment, community
statute of limitations
Federal Republic of Somalia, Shari'a, Islamic Criminal Law, Muslim, International Development Law Organization, Sentencing Guidelines, Criminal Law and Procedure, Grading Offenses
criminal code, model penal code, reform
Individualization, culpability, mitigation, offense grading, excuse defenses, reasonable person, provocation, heat of passion, recklessness, negligence, mistaken justification, extreme emotional disturbance, duress, involuntary intoxication, insanity, purpose, knowledge, proposed codification
terrorist, physical force, terrorists, investigation, security, Report of the Landau Inquiry Commission
Criminal justice policy, law & philosophy, justification & excuse defenses, personal & social interests & costs, justice failures, statutes of limitations, double jeopardy, legality principle, strict construction, non-exculpatory defenses, diplomatic immunity, executive & legislative immunity
Islamic criminal law & procedure, Shari'a, justice, codification, fair notice, uniform application, moral credibility, proportionality, procedural fairness, conflicts with local norms, moral authority, social psychology, unpredictability, inconsistency, transparency, legitimacy
Black Lives Matter, police misconduct, violent crime, murder, homicide, criminal justice reform, African-Americans
Criminal procedure, higher education, rape, assault, affirmative consent, student discipline, punishment, blame, burden of proof, yes means yes, changing norms
Empirical desert, blameworthiness proportionality, legitimacy, coercive crime control, normative crime control, empirical studies, distributive principles, community norms, code-community conflicts, natural experiments, vigilantism, legitimacy-compliance dynamic
Criminal law, statutes, case law, penal codes, legislation, American rule, 50-state survey, mapping diversity, regional differences, moral blameworthiness, just deserts, distributive principle, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, restorative justice, deontological, empirical, proportionality
Direct attack, collateral attack
sentencing, guidelines, sentencing reform act, Commission's Preliminary Draft
crime rate, black crime rate, white crime rate, inner city crime, Black Crime Gap
Law enforcement, crime, public safety, defensive force, nonlethal weapons, community-police relations, Taser technology, deadly force
Moral desert, desert, punishment
Criminal law recodification, offense grading, mandatory minimum sentences, criminal code reform, proposed Delaware criminal code, proportional punishment, criminal law politics, legislation, drafting, grading and consolidating offenses, inconsistent statutory language, limiting judicial discretion
Jury instructions
Punishment
Criminal justice policy, code reform, legislative drafting, law & politics, overlapping offenses, offense grading, sentencing guidelines, prosecutorial & judicial discretion, plea bargaining, Model Penal Code, criminal law codification, multiple offense limitations
Penal law, Israel, punishment, sanctions, sentencing, criminal code, desert, judges, judicial discretion, mitigation, aggravation, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice
punishment
experimental philosophy, social psychology, distributive principles of criminal liability, empirical and deontological desert, incapacitation of the dangerous, general deterrence, empirical studies, retributivism, crime-control utilitarians, community views, intuitions of justice, social influence
Decriminalization, nonprosecution, anti-justice movement, anti-prison movement, social justice, progressive prosecutors, deterrence, moral credibility, legitimacy, community views, gun offenses, drug offense, rehabilitation, intuitions of justice, crime as a public health issue, George Floyd rioters
criminal, riot, riot defense, culpability, punishment
Criminal codes, recodification, layering of crimes, duplicate punishments, exaggerated offense grades, injustice, prosecutors
Executive clemency, clemency criteria, nonviolent offenses, lengthy sentences, commutation, commutations, separation of powers, sentencing legislation, sentencing policy
Criminal law, justice
Criminal justice reform, law enforcement, coercion, punishment, prison abolition, utopian & intentional communities, Drop City, Black Bear Ranch, social cohesion
Criminal justice policy, law enforcement, defund police movement, police departments, mission creep, social services delivery
Law enforcement, police-community relations, Black Lives Matter, abolish & defund police movements, moral credibility of criminal justice system
Martin Luther King, Jr., Black Lives Matter, BLM, civil rights movement, social change, nonviolent resistance, demonstrations, riots
Israel, International Law, use-of-force rules, unlawful aggression, justice, deterrence, security
Law enforcement, criminal law, jury decision making, police-involved homicides, use of force
Public health, quarantine, lockdown, social distancing, novel coronavirus, COVID-19, respect for law, compliance, Prohibition
Social & political polarization, group dynamics, social cascades, confirmation bias, social media, filter bubbles, safe spaces