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Paul H. Robinson
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 199
Citations - 4638
Paul H. Robinson is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Criminal law & Criminal justice. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 198 publications receiving 4305 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul H. Robinson include University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) & Northwestern University.
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Why Do We Punish? Deterrence and Just Deserts as Motives for Punishment
TL;DR: The authors examined the motivation underlying laypeople's use of punishment for prototypical wrongs, and revealed that despite strongly stated preferences for deterrence theory, individual sentencing decisions seemed driven exclusively by just deserts concerns.
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Why do we punish? Deterrence and just deserts as motives for punishment.
TL;DR: This article examined the motivation underlying laypeople's use of punishment for prototypical wrongs and found that despite strongly stated preferences for deterrence theory, individual sentencing decisions seemed driven exclusively by just deserts concerns.
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Incapacitation and Just Deserts as Motives for Punishment
TL;DR: Only in a case in which a brain tumor was identified as the cause of an actor's violent action, a case that does not fit the standard prototype of a crime intentionally committed, did respondents show a desire to incarcerate the actor in order to prevent future harms rather than assigning a just deserts based punishment.
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Incapacitation and just deserts as motives for punishment.
TL;DR: This article found that just deserts was the primary sentencing motivation for punishing actors who commit intentional, counternormative harms, rather than a just-deserter motivation, in a case in which a brain tumor was identified as the cause of an actor's violent action.
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Justice, Liability And Blame: Community Views And The Criminal Law
Paul H. Robinson,John M. Darley +1 more
TL;DR: Community views and the criminal law doctrines of criminalization - what conduct should be criminal, justification - when should it be lawful to engage in conduct that normally would constitute a violation, culpability - when is violation of a legal rule blameworthy, and excuse - when it is blameless as mentioned in this paper.