1. Human Behavior
(Hart, 1968) According to Hart, the inadequacies of theories which attempt to justify punishment based on a single principle can be met by one that incorporates partly discrepant principles by separating the distinct questions involved in justifying the social institution. ... He claims, in fact, that denunciation of the crime is not a justification for punishment. ... It has the socially beneficial aim of deterring crime. ... When a crime is committed, though, the victim and community react with feelings of extreme disapproval which they want both to express and to communicate to the criminal...
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