Sentencing and criminal justice /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ashworth, Andrew, author.
Edition:	Seventh edition.
Imprint:	Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xlvi, 490 pages ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Great Britain. Punishment -- Great Britain. Punishment. Sentences (Criminal procedure) Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12680791

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Other authors / contributors:	Kelly, Rory (Writer of Sentencing and criminal justice), author.
ISBN:	9781509936281 1509936289
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [457]-477) and index.
Summary:	"This revised and updated new edition focuses on major developments in sentencing law, practice and theory. Sentencing in England and Wales is now dominated by Sentencing Council guidelines, and scrutiny of those guidelines is central to this book. Issues of principle are identified and discussed, to include the constitutional position of the Sentencing Council; the meaning of, and challenges to, proportionality; and the sentencing of BAME offenders and women offenders. The book welcomes the new Sentencing Code, introduced as the Sentencing Act 2020, and critically examines the government's plans for sentencing reform, set out in the 2020 White Paper A Smarter Approach to Sentencing. Throughout the book, sentencing is explored in its wider criminal justice context - making it essential reading for courses on sentencing, criminal justice and criminal law"--

Table of Contents:

An introduction to English sentencing
Sentencing, the sentencing council, and the constitution
Sentencing aims, principles, and policies
Proportionality and seriousness
Aggravation and mitigation
Equality before the law
Custodial sentencing
Non-custodial sentencing
Persistence, prevention, and dangerousness
Multiple offenders and totality
Behaviour orders and ancillary orders, ancillary orders and civil preventive orders
Special sentencing powers
Procedural issues at sentencing
Sentencing, guidelines, and the punitive state.

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