The Penal System: An IntroductionNow in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.
Fully updated to cover the most recent changes in the Criminal Justice System, the new edition:
The book is supported by online resources for lecturers and students, including chapter PowerPoints, sample syllabus, summaries of key legislative acts, bills and official reports, a list of recommended further reading for each chapter, and links to important Penal Agencies and Organisations, Law Reform Organisations, and other useful academic sites.
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... chief legal adviser) has the power to refer certain Crown Court cases to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that the acquittal was legally wrong or the sentence is too lenient. A sentence of imprisonment (see Chapter 6) does not usually ...
... Chief Executive of HMPPS is answerable to the Secretary of State for Justice. The latter is the senior government minister – also known as the 'Justice Secretary', and also bearing the title 'Lord Chancellor' – who is in charge of the ...
... Chief Inspector of Probation about the disastrous results of the government's privatization of probation services (House of Commons, 2018; HM Inspectorate of Probation, 2019; National Audit Office, 2019); and another report from the ...
... Chief Inspector of Prisons noted in his most recent Annual Report that 'The year 2017–18 was a dramatic period in which HM Inspectorate of Prisons documented some of the most disturbing conditions we have ever seen – conditions which ...
... Chief Inspector of Prisons published in 2008 (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2008:11), half of prisoners were then spending less than six hours per day out of their cells, and 20 per cent less than two hours. Things then got worse. From ...
Other editions - View all
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2019 |
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2020 |
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2020 |