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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Barbara Wootton

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barbara Wootton, Wootton Barbara
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032325927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232592-7
• Pagine: 257
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; 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