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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... RELEASE: THE PENAL SYSTEM'S SAFETY VALVE 1. 7.1 Early Release: Useful, Controversial, Troublesome 2. 7.2 History of Early Release 1. 2. From Remission to Automatic Early Release Parole (Discretionary Early Release) 3. 7.3 Early Release ...
... Release Evaluated 11. 8 THE YOUTHJUSTICE SYSTEM 1. 8.1 Young People, Crime and the Penal Crisis 2. 8.2 Responding to Youth Crime: Models of Youth Justice 1. The Welfare Model 2. The Justice Model 3. Minimum Intervention and Systems ...
... released from arrest or never arrested to be prosecuted, but removes the necessity to apply to a magistrate.) Another possible alternative is to dispense with prosecution entirely and for the police instead to administer an official ...
... release prior to the actual trial) or whether the defendant should be remanded in custody for the time being. (See further Chapter 4, section 4.1.) Custodial remands are usually to prison, or to a remand centre (a type of prison ...
... released earlier still under a 'home detention curfew' enforced by electronic monitoring (or 'tagging'). (The system of early release from prison sentences is explained and discussed in Chapter 7.) Non-custodial sentences (see Chapter 5) ...
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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 |