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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... sentences in the hope of thus raising the threshold to long custodial sentences . ( Stolwijk , 1986 , quoted by Bishop , 1988 , pp . 59-60 ) Examples include Italy , where short custodial sentences may be ( and often are ) replaced by ...
... sentences in the hope of thus raising the threshold to long custodial sentences . ( Stolwijk , 1986 , quoted by Bishop , 1988 , pp . 59-60 ) Examples include Italy , where short custodial sentences may be ( and often are ) replaced by ...
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... sentences being ' available ' to courts in referring to all the community sentences which it provides , and in referring specifically to community service says that ' there is no longer any suggestion that this order is an alternative ...
... sentences being ' available ' to courts in referring to all the community sentences which it provides , and in referring specifically to community service says that ' there is no longer any suggestion that this order is an alternative ...
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... sentences available to courts rather than prescribing their use in detail , and continues to specify maximum rather than mandatory or presumptive sentences ( except for the life sentence for murder ) . Although the specification of ...
... sentences available to courts rather than prescribing their use in detail , and continues to specify maximum rather than mandatory or presumptive sentences ( except for the life sentence for murder ) . Although the specification of ...
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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