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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... 1. 2. From Remission to Automatic Early Release Parole (Discretionary Early Release) 3. 7.3 Early Release Today 1. 2. Fixed-Term (Determinate) Sentences Extended Sentences 3. Life Imprisonment and Imprisonment for Public Protection 4. The.
... Parole Board 4. 7.4 Conclusion: Early Release Evaluated 11. 8 THE YOUTHJUSTICE SYSTEM 1. 8.1 Young People, Crime and the Penal Crisis 2. 8.2 Responding to Youth Crime: Models of Youth Justice 1. The Welfare Model 2. The Justice Model 3 ...
... Parole Board (see Chapter 7). Few things jeopardize a prisoner's parole chances more than misbehaviour within prison, and especially participation in riots and protests. (Similar logic applies to other prisoners who are serving long ...
... parole process. This was a time of 'rehabilitative optimism': there was a widespread belief that criminology and other behavioural sciences would progressively discover the causes of crime and the way to cure all offenders of their ...
... parole. The high-water mark of the justice model's influence in Britain was the 'just deserts' strategy which was pursued by the British Conservative government prior to 1993 and which centred around the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (see ...
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 |