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:
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... practices and attitudes towards punishment require radical revision. I.1. The. Criminal. Justice. System. The penal system, which exists to punish those found guilty of crimes, is part of a larger entity known as the criminal justice system ...
... practice the great majority of triable either way offences are tried in the magistrates' court, either because the magistrates offer a summary trial that is accepted by the defendant, or because the defendant pleads guilty. Magistrates ...
... practices. 'System'. Perhaps the title of this book is misleading. Arguably, one of the salient features of the English penal and criminal justice 'systems' – at least until fairly recently – has been their highly unsystematic nature ...
... practice. If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests, we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter, the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to ...
... practice in some societies of chopping off the hands of thieves incapacitates in this way. Similarly, one of the few obviously valid arguments in favour of capital punishment is that executed offenders never reoffend afterwards. Lesser ...
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 |