Sentencing and society : international perspectives /: international perspectives. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cyrus Tata and Neil Hutton.
• Other Names: Tata, Cyrus; Hutton, Neil, 1953-
• Contents: Introduction: so what does 'and society' mean? / Cyrus Tata -- pt. I. The international movement towards transparency and 'truth in sentencing.' Getting tough on crime: the history and political context of sentencing reform developments leading to the passage of the 1994 Crime Act / Judith Greene ; A sentencing matrix for Western Australia: accountability and transparency or smoke and mirrors? / Neil Morgan ; Mandatory sentences: a conundrum for the new South Africa? / Dirk van Zyl Smit ; Are guided sentencing and sentence bargaining incompatible? Perspectives of reform in the Italian legal system / Grazia Mannozzi ; Legislation and practice of sentencing in China / Liling Yue ; Sentencing reform in Canada: who cares about corrections? / Mary E. Campbell -- pt. II. The truth about public and victim punitiveness: what do we know and what do we need to know? Public knowledge and public opinion of sentencing / Mike Hough and Julian V. Roberts ; Crisis and contradictions in a state sentencing structure / B. Keith Crew, Gene M. Lutz and Kristine Fahrney ; Harsher is not necessarily better: victim satisfaction with sentences imposed under a 'truth in sentencing' law / Candice McCoy and Patrick J. McManimon Jr. -- pt. III. Measuring punishment: conceptual and practical problems and resolutions. European sentencing traditions: accepting divergence or aiming for convergence? / Andrew Ashworth ; What's it worth? A cross-jurisdictional comparison of sentence severity / Arie Frieberg ; Sentencing burglars in England and Finland: a pilot study / Malcolm Davies, Jukka-Pekka Takala and Jane Tyrer ; A new look at sentence severity / Brian J. Ostrom and Charles W. Ostrom Jr ; Desert and the punitiveness of imprisonment / Gavin Dingwall and Christopher Harding ; The science of sentencing: measurement theory and von Hirsch's new scales of justice / Julia Davis ; Scaling punishments: a reply to Julia Davis / Andrew von Hirsch ; Scaling punishments: a response to von Hirsch / Julia Davis -- pt. IV. Reason-giving and approaches to explaining sentencing. Sentencing policy and guilty plea discounts / Ralph Henmen ; Accountability for the sentencing decision process: towards a new understanding / Cyrus Tata ; Assisting sentencing, promoting justice? / Fergus McNeill ; Dangerousness and risk: from Belgian positivism to new penology / Hilde Tubex ; Sentencing as performance: restoring drama to the courtroom / David Tait -- pt. V. Doing justice: power, equality and equity. Sentencing policy and racial justice / Doris Marie Provine ; Sentencing sexual offenders in the UK and Australia / Kate Warner ; Sentencing the corporate offender: legal and social issues / Hazel Croall and Jenifer Ross ; Sentencing, inequality and justice / Neil Hutton ; Punishment, poverty and responsibility: the case for a hardship defence / Barbara Hudson -- Conclusion. Reflections / Neil Hutton.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (630 pages)
• Subjects: 364.6/5; 345.0772; Punishment -- Cross-cultural studies; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Punishment; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Straftoemeting; Justitieel beleid; Sentences (procédure pénale); Sentences (Criminal procedure); Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Government policy; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351901093; 1351901095
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.