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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12900350
AutoresGavin Dingwall (De Montfort University, autor correspondente), Laurence Koffman (University of Sussex)
Ano2008
Volume8
Fascículo3
Páginas335-348
Data de publicação2008-07-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCriminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748895808093438
OpenAlexW1993410565
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências 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