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.
Essential reading for students of criminal justice and criminology, studying penology, punishments and the penal system. |
From inside the book
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... Recent History of Sentencing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1991: From the Strategy of Encouragement to 'Just Deserts' 1992–7: The Law and Order Counter-Reformation New Labour, Mixed Messages Coalition False Dawn The Conservative Government's Fragile ...
... Recent Prison Policy-Making 1. 2. 3. 4. 1995–2002: From Security and Control to Decency 2002–06: Keeping the Lid On – Pragmatism Reasserts Itself 2006–12: Searching for Direction 2012–19: A Tale of Six Justice Secretaries 5. 6.5 The ...
... recent years young offenders under 18 have received not 'cautions' but reprimands and warnings, also known as 'final warnings'. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 replaced these with 'youth cautions' and ...
... recently – has been their highly unsystematic nature. For many years a number of disparate relatively autonomous agencies have worked in relative isolation from each other, exercising wide and ... recent years (see in particular Chapters.
... recent years (see in particular Chapters 4, 5 and 8). In any event, we do have penal and criminal justice 'systems' in the sense that they are composed of different agencies (public and private) which are interdependent: their ...
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 |