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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... Probation Service Community Payback ('Community Service' or 'Unpaid Work') Surveillance and Restrictions on Movement: Curfews and Electronic Monitoring 'Hybrid' Penalties 4. 5.4 Community Punishment: Strategic Issues 1. 5. Changing ...
... probation. Austerity has meant deep cuts in prison, court and probation budgets with serious, wide-ranging and negative consequences. The probation service has been subjected to a disastrous privatization initiative which has led to ...
... probation and community service orders), and absolute and conditional discharges. The court may be assisted in its choice of sentence by a pre-sentence report, usually prepared by a probation officer (or, in the case of juvenile ...
... Probation Service) although, as we shall see in Chapters 5 and 6, an increasing amount is now provided by private firms and organizations. HMPPS combines the Prison and Probation Services, and was originally created in 2004 as the ...
... probation and 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 ...
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 |