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Why criminal justice shouldn’t just be about what punishment people ‘deserve’ (opens the original)
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Prisons running near capacity have created a dilemma for Andy Burnham. The new prime minister has now confirmed that anyone convicted of manslaughter would not be eligible from the prisoner early-release scheme. Questions around prison capacity hinge on public safety, of course, but also on what types of criminals “deserve” to be let out early. There was little pushback when Burnham announced that those convicted of rape, grooming offences or serious child sexual offences would not be eligible f
People in the UK favour harsher punishment than Norwegians – belief in free will may help explain why (opens the original)
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Ongoing problems in the criminal justice system in England and Wales, from overcrowding in prisons to court backlogs, have raised fundamental questions about how and why we punish people. Advocates for a more rehabilitative, less punitive system often point to Scandinavian prisons as a model for how things could be done better. My colleagues and I wanted to find out how beliefs about free will and crime may influence different approaches to punishment. In a recent study of 328 people across the
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