In The Name Of Justice: Leading Experts Reexamine The Classic Article 'the Aims Of Criminal Law'

摘要

Criminal justice needs to evolve, argues a panel of judges and scholars in essays compiled by Lynch, project director on criminal justice for the libertarian think tank Cato Institute.rnThe essays weigh in on the congested court dockets, voluminous legal codes, overcrowded prisons, and other trends that raise concern within the U.S. criminal justice system, as well as the unique challenges posed by terrorism, drug trafficking, and sexual predators. They identify a problem of "overcriminalization," or too many laws and too little public awareness of them; millions of well-meaning adults are technically criminals and don't even know it.