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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... responsibility for the courts, prisons, 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 ...
... commission of the crime, and to reintegrate the offender back into the community. To put things right, the offender is encouraged to accept responsibility for having committed the crime, to acknowledge its Restorative Justice 51.
An Introduction Michael Cavadino, James Dignan, George Mair, Jamie Bennett. accept responsibility for having committed the crime, to acknowledge its wrongfulness and to make amends to those who have been hurt or harmed by the crime ...
... fully responsible for their own actions, Bentham saw criminals as having limited rationality and responsibility, but thought that they could be made more rational by the Bentham and Neo-Classicism: Deterrence and Reform 56.
... responsibility for offences; unlike Beccaria he allowed for mitigating circumstances such as duress, infancy and insanity to reduce or even remove an individual's liability to punishment. Beccaria's ideas had been fated to win great ...
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 |