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Fully reworked, restructured, and updated, and incorporating changes following the 2019 general election; this fifth edition is the essential guide for anyone studying sentencing and punishment as part of a law or criminology course.

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Part I: Sentencing Principles, Policies and Problems 1: Developing penal policy 2: Structuring sentencing 3: Determining 'just deserts' 4: Utility and deterrence 5: Risk and danger 6: Instead of punishment? Restorative justice, child welfare, and medical treatment 7: Impact on victims and offenders Part II: Punishing Offenders 8: Justice in the modern prison 9: Experiencing imprisonment 10: Punishment and rehabilitation in the community 11: Court orders for young offenders 12: Concluding remarks

Sentencing and Punishment The Quest for Justice

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 22 December 2022
      ISBN-13 9780192863300
      978-0192863300
      ISBN-10 0192863304
      Also in:
      Law Legal aspects of criminology Politics, Philosophy & Society Penology and punishment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fully reworked, restructured, and updated, and incorporating changes following the 2019 general election; this fifth edition is the essential guide for anyone studying sentencing and punishment as part of a law or criminology course.

      Table of Contents
      Part I: Sentencing Principles, Policies and Problems 1: Developing penal policy 2: Structuring sentencing 3: Determining 'just deserts' 4: Utility and deterrence 5: Risk and danger 6: Instead of punishment? Restorative justice, child welfare, and medical treatment 7: Impact on victims and offenders Part II: Punishing Offenders 8: Justice in the modern prison 9: Experiencing imprisonment 10: Punishment and rehabilitation in the community 11: Court orders for young offenders 12: Concluding remarks

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