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.
Essential reading for students of criminal justice and criminology, studying penology, punishments and the penal system. |
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... Youth Justice 1. The Welfare Model 2. The Justice Model 3. Minimum Intervention and Systems Management 4. The Restorative Justice Model 5. Neo-Correctionalism 3. 8.3 Neo-Correctionalism and Beyond: Youth Justice Since 1997 4. 8.4 ...
... youth justice. (Previously the Home Office and Home Secretary were responsible for prisons, probation. sentencing and criminal justice policy; they retain responsibility for the police service.) The whole of the criminal justice system ...
... youth justice, equally prone to its own parallel crises, and for similar reasons. Chapter 9 investigates the burning issue of bias within the criminal justice system. Finally, in Chapter 10 we discuss whether the crisis is likely to be ...
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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 |