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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... Penalties Financial Penalties Community Penalties Semi-Custodial Penalties 3. 5.3 The Changing Shape of Non-Custodial Punishment 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Warning Penalties Financial Penalties Compensatory Penalties Reparative Penalties ...
... penalties attached, as explained in Chapter 4. Most offences, however, have a statutory maximum penalty – for example seven years' imprisonment for theft – but no statutory minimum. The magistrates' court also has statutory limits on ...
... penalties and the mechanisms for early release of prisoners. Chapter 8 examines the parallel system of youth justice, equally prone to its own parallel crises, and for similar reasons. Chapter 9 investigates the burning issue of bias ...
... penalties (see Chapter 5) and pre- and post-release supervision for prisoners (see Chapter 7). This twofold crisis of resources generates an imperative to limit the numbers in prison and to deal with more offenders outside the prison ...
... penalties were to be more punitive and controlling than hitherto. But even this harsher version of bifurcation did not survive the law and order counterreformation, and, as Michael Howard declared that 'prison works' and that more ...
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 |