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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... penal system in isolation from the larger criminal justice system. Consequently, at times in this book – for example in Chapter 9 – we deal with the criminal justice system as a whole. There now follows a very brief and basic guide to.
... example murder, rape and robbery): these must be tried at the Crown Court before a judge, with a jury of 12 randomly selected lay people to decide on the verdict if the defendant pleads not guilty. In these cases the magistrates' court ...
... example seven years' imprisonment for theft – but no statutory minimum. The magistrates' court also has statutory limits on its sentencing powers: it cannot sentence an offender to more than six months in prison for a single offence or ...
... example, offenders sentenced to two years' imprisonment will normally be released after one year subject to a 'licence' requiring them to be supervised in the community for the rest of the sentence, and at the discretion of the prison ...
... example Bottoms and Preston, 1980). Evidence for the existence of a crisis seems to be constantly in the news. Recent years have seen – to mention just a few out of many possible illustrations – the then Justice Secretary (Chris ...
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 |