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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... months in prison for a single offence or to more than 12 months in total. (These maxima will be increased to 12 months and 65 weeks if and when sections 154–155 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 are brought into force.) However, a ...
... months of the Act's implementation in 1992 the Conservative government abandoned this strategy. From 1993 to 1997, in a development we call 'the law and order counter-reformation', John Major's Conservative government – especially in ...
... month. With the explicit encouragement of Prime Minister David Cameron, sentencers imposed harsh and widely criticized sentences on rioters and looters, and magistrates remanded large numbers in custody to await trial at the Crown Court ...
... months hovering close to the bust limit, often with just a few hundred places to spare. Even these overall figures do not do justice to the overcrowding problem because prisoners are not spread evenly throughout the system. High ...
... in the running of prisons in the event of further industrial action. In 2016, the BBC reported that prison officers had staged walkouts at five prisons in five months over concerns about staff safety (BBC News, 6 July 2016). On.
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 |