Penal Policy and Social JusticeExamines the recent developments in penal policy, and asks whether they will make for more "justice". Drawing on international evidence the author asks whether making the punishment fit the crime can lessen the excessive penalization of the poor, the mentally disordered and racial minorities. |
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Page 31
... least for violent and professional crime , and non- custodial penalties were to be ' alternatives ' in the sense that they would be alternative means of securing the same measure of punishment of offenders , protection of the public and ...
... least for violent and professional crime , and non- custodial penalties were to be ' alternatives ' in the sense that they would be alternative means of securing the same measure of punishment of offenders , protection of the public and ...
Page 80
... least demand that penal policy should be cognisant of other injustices , and should not institutionalise or further compound them in its own practices . Tailoring sentencing guidelines to accommodate both desert and in- capacitation ...
... least demand that penal policy should be cognisant of other injustices , and should not institutionalise or further compound them in its own practices . Tailoring sentencing guidelines to accommodate both desert and in- capacitation ...
Page 148
... least ameliorating one set of difficulties - alternatives to alternatives , too many short prison sentences , coerced participation in rehabilitation programmes , too much discretion vested in prison and community corrections ...
... least ameliorating one set of difficulties - alternatives to alternatives , too many short prison sentences , coerced participation in rehabilitation programmes , too much discretion vested in prison and community corrections ...
Contents
Developments in Penal Policy during the 1980s | 17 |
Penal Policy and Social Structure 55 | 55 |
Penal Policy and Social Policy | 89 |
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