Beyond the Tariff - Human Rights and the Release of Life Sentence Prisoners

Informationen zum Autor Nicola Padfield is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge, and has published widely on criminal law, sentencing and criminal justice. She sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court, and has been editor of Archbold News since 1996. Klappentext This book is a study of the workings of the Discretionary Lifer Panels of the Parole Board, the body charged with the responsibility for making decisions on the release of discretionary life sentence prisoners. Zusammenfassung This book is a study of the workings of the Discretionary Lifer Panels of the Parole Board, the body charged with the responsibility for making decisions on the release of discretionary life sentence prisoners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction  1. The background  2. The view from Europe  3. Parliament and the government respond  4. Panels in practice  5. Release procedures compared  6. The spirit of Thynne and the reality  7. Lessons and conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Padfield, Nicola (University of Cambridge Padfield, Padfield Nicola
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781903240885
• ISBN: 978-1-903240-88-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Jurisprudence & general issues, Penology and punishment, Human rights, civil rights, Penology & punishment, Jurisprudence and general issues