Simple Justice
This book contains reprints of two articles by Charles Murray originally published in the Sunday Times in January 2004, followed by commentaries and critiques by a range of experts with varying points of view. Murray's two articles deplored the recent trend away from custodial sentences in favour of less punitive alternative responses to crime, argued that criminal offenders deserve penalties whose degree of severity better matches the seriousness of their crime, urged a return to the retributive model of justice, and proposed a range of changes to the criminal justice system which would make it easier for convictions to be secured, increase rates of incarceration, and allow citizens greater scope to act in self-defence.
LawCriminal LawSentencingSocial SciencePenology
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERInstitute for the Study of Civil Society
LENGTH113
LANGUAGEEN
Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of "Losing Ground," which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, "The Bell Curve" (Free Press, 1994), coauthored with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked heated controversy for its analysis of the role of IQ in shaping America's class structure. Murray's other books include "What It Means to Be a Libertarian" (1997), "Human Accomplishment" (2003), "In Our Hands" (2006), and "Real Education" (2008). His 2012 book, "Coming Apart" (Crown Forum, 2012), describes an unprecedented divergence in American classes over the last half century. His most recent book is "By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission" (Crown Forum, 2015).
Simple Justice
by Charles A. Murray, Rob Allen
This book contains reprints of two articles by Charles Murray originally published in the Sunday Times in January 2004, followed by commentaries and critiques by a range of experts with varying points of view. Murray's two articles deplored the recent trend away from custodial sentences in favour of less punitive alternative responses to crime, argued that criminal offenders deserve penalties whose degree of severity better matches the seriousness of their crime, urged a return to the retributive model of justice, and proposed a range of changes to the criminal justice system which would make it easier for convictions to be secured, increase rates of incarceration, and allow citizens greater scope to act in self-defence.
LawCriminal LawSentencingSocial SciencePenology
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERInstitute for the Study of Civil Society
LENGTH113
LANGUAGEEN
Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of "Losing Ground," which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, "The Bell Curve" (Free Press, 1994), coauthored with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked heated controversy for its analysis of the role of IQ in shaping America's class structure. Murray's other books include "What It Means to Be a Libertarian" (1997), "Human Accomplishment" (2003), "In Our Hands" (2006), and "Real Education" (2008). His 2012 book, "Coming Apart" (Crown Forum, 2012), describes an unprecedented divergence in American classes over the last half century. His most recent book is "By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission" (Crown Forum, 2015).
