Sentencing the Self-Convicted

Julian V Roberts is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford, UK.Jesper Ryberg is Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Law at Roskilde University, Denmark.

• 1. The Ethics of Pleading Guilty and the State Response to Self-convicting OffendersJulian V Roberts (University of Oxford, UK) and Jesper Ryberg (Roskilde University, Denmark)2. When Should We Plead Guilty?RA Duff (University of Stirling, UK)3. Guilty Plea, Sentencing Discounts and RetributivismJesper Ryberg (Roskilde University, Denmark)4. Guilty Pleas, Sentencing Reductions, and Non-punishment of the InnocentZachary Hoskins (University of Nottingham, UK)5. Rewarding Virtue: An Ethical Defence of Plea-based Sentence ReductionsJulian V Roberts (University of Oxford, UK) and Netanel Dagan (Hebrew University, Israel)6. The Limited Moral Relevance of Pleas and VerdictsAdam Kolber (Brooklyn Law School, USA)7. The Guilty Plea and Self-RespectGabrielle Watson (University of Oxford, UK)8. Why Should Guilty Pleas Matter?Thom Brooks (Durham University, UK)9. Victim-related Assumptions Underlying Plea-based Sentence Reductions: A Communicative and Experiential FrameworkMarie Manikis (McGill University, Canada)10. Plea-Based Sentence Reductions: Legal Assumptions and Empirical RealitiesRebecca Helm (University of Exeter, UK)11. Plea Negotiations and MitigationMike Hough (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) and Jessica Jacobson (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)12. Guilty Pleas, Fools' Bargains and Wonderful JusticeLeo Zaibert (Union College, USA)

Julian Roberts and Jesper Ryberg have assembled an estimable group of scholars whose contributions address a range of issues related to the submission of guilty pleas (or in some legal regimes, admissions of guilt) by individuals charged with crimes. As the essays in this valuable collection reveal, sentencing the ‘self-convicted’ is controversial in ways that reveal deeper fault lines among penal and criminal procedure theorists.