Citation

Chevigny PG. Law Soc. Inq. 2001; 26(4): 787-818.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Bar Foundation, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1747-4469.2001.tb00324.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This essay reflects on contemporary justifications for the grading of crimes, especially the conception that the gravity of crimes is rooted in “desert,” understood to depend particularly on the offender's state of mind and to a lesser extent on the harm done or threatened to society.