Crime and Penal Policy - Reflections on Fifty Years'' Experience

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in criminal law and the penal system, such as magistrates, prison visitors, and anyone accused or convicted of criminal offences.

List of contents

Preface List of Abbreviations 1. My Criminal Career 2. The Function of the Court: (I) Reaching a verdict 3. The Function of the Court: (II) The Nature of Criminal Justice and the Sentencing Function 4. Limitations on the Sentencing Function 5. The Personnel of the Courts 6. Custodial Sentences 7. Non-Custodial Sentences 8. Murder 9. Young Offenders 10. Drugs and Drunks 11. Motorists 12. Criminal Responsibility and the Mentally Abnormal Offender 13. Conclusion Index

About the author

Barbara Wootton

Summary

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in criminal law and the penal system, such as magistrates, prison visitors, and anyone accused or convicted of criminal offences.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Wootton, Wootton Barbara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032325927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232592-7
• No. of pages: 257
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Legal History, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment