Determining the impact of intoxication in a desert-based sentencing framework

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12900350
AutoresGavin Dingwall (De Montfort University, autor de correspondencia), Laurence Koffman (University of Sussex)
Año2008
Volumen8
Número3
Páginas335-348
Fecha de publicación2008-07-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748895808093438
OpenAlexW1993410565
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas20

Research has consistently found a significant correlation between alcohol consumption and offending. Although this finding does not prove any direct causal link, many offenders subsequently claim that the fact that they had been drinking should mitigate their sentence. As the argument advanced by offenders is framed in retributive terms—culpability is reduced because of intoxication—this article aims to analyse the impact, if any, that intoxication should have under a desert model

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Alcohol intoxication · Argument (complex analysis · Criminology · Culpability · Desert (philosophy · Economic Justice · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Poison control · Political science · Retributive justice · Sentence · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending