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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... 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 'youth ...
... young offender institution (for offenders aged 18 to 20) and detention and training orders (for young offenders under 18). Non-custodial penalties (to which we devote Chapter 5) include suspended sentence orders, fines, community orders ...
... young offenders (see Chapter 8, section 8.2), the creation of the National Offender Management Service (see Chapter 5), and the government interest in seeking and applying evidence of 'what works' to control crime and prevent criminals ...
... young offenders. We will give more details about all these responses to the crisis throughout this book, and in Chapter 10 we return to provide a general overview and give our own opinions, setting out the kind of responses we ourselves ...
... offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to reoffend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty. However – as was found with the 'short, sharp shock' detention centre regime for young ...
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 |