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"How are offenders sentenced in England and Wales? This is the first volume to analyse the empirical and normative aspects of sentencing in the UK, exploring a range of important issues including the role of previous convictions, sentencing female offenders, offender remorse and the sentencing of offenders convicted of multiple crimes. This unique collection reveals how courts in this jurisdiction sentence offenders, providing a portrait of sentencing trends in the Magistrates and Crown courts from 1996 to the present day. Drawing from a new source of data from the Crown courts, original insights are derived about the way that offenders are punished.With expert contributions from scholars in Criminal Justice and Law, this authoritative account presents the latest data trends relating to sentencing, as well as conclusions for policy and practice. "--
List of contents
Foreword; Paul Wiles 1. Sentencing Research and Sentencing Statistics; Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough 2. Understanding Sentencing: Approaches to Research; Mandeep Dhami and Ian Belton 3. Overview of Sentencing Patterns and Historical Trends in Sentencing; Julian Roberts and Keir Irwin-Rogers 4. Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practices; Martina Feilzer 5. Consistency in England and Wales: New Findings from the CCSS; J. Pina-Sánchez 6. Sentencing Female Offenders; Carol Hedderman and Rebecca Barnes 7. Women and Sentencing; Loraine Gelsthorpe and Gillian Sharpe 8. Sentencing and Dependents: Motherhood as Mitigation; Shona Minson 9. The Role of Previous Convictions at Sentencing; Julian Roberts and J. Pina-Sánchez 10. More than a Single Crime: Sentencing for Multiple Offences; Natalia Vibla 11. Mitigating Factors at Sentencing; Hannah Maslen 12. Sentencing for Burglary; Keir Irwin-Rogers and Thomas W. Perry 13. Sentencing Murder: Lessons from Empirical Research; Barry Mitchell and Julian Roberts 14. Sentencing Young Offenders and Young Adults; Max Lowenstein
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"This edited volume brings together many of the leading scholars in criminal justice and law and offers an authoritative and insightful exploration of recent sentencing research in England and Wales. ... offers a remarkable range of scholarly insights into current sentencing practices in England and Wales, and it is highly recommended. It will be of particular interest to policy-makers and those probation/justice practitioners who currently work in the court setting or who prepare court reports." (Mike Guilfoyle, Probation Journal, Vol. 64 (1), March, 2017)
