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Rectifying These Mean Streets: Percent-For-Art Ordinances, Street Furniture, And The New Streetscape, Asmara M. Tekle
Rectifying These Mean Streets: Percent-For-Art Ordinances, Street Furniture, And The New Streetscape, Asmara M. Tekle
Kentucky Law Journal
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Crime And Punishment, A Global Concern: Who Does It Best And Does Isolation Really Work?, Melanie Reid
Crime And Punishment, A Global Concern: Who Does It Best And Does Isolation Really Work?, Melanie Reid
Kentucky Law Journal
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Should Paris Hilton Receive A Lighter Prison Sentence Because She's Rich? An Experimental Study, Josef Montag, Tomáš Sobek
Should Paris Hilton Receive A Lighter Prison Sentence Because She's Rich? An Experimental Study, Josef Montag, Tomáš Sobek
Kentucky Law Journal
The "equal punishment for the same crime" principle is generally agreed upon--yet its implementation differs radically depending on whether the punishment is measured purely in nominal terms or whether the subjective perspective of the punishee is accounted for. This is simply because different people may experience the same punishment with differing intensity.
Legal scholars have recently proposed that improvements in scientific knowledge and advancements in technologies (such as Functional magnetic resonance imaging), which allow us to measure subjective perceptions and feelings, need to be and should be incorporated in our penal systems. This would facilitate calibrating the punishment not only …