The sentencing process /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Dartmouth, c1997. |
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| Description: | xxxiv, 492 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The international library of criminology, criminal justice and penology International library of criminology, criminal justice & penology. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2712008 |
| Summary: | This text focuses upon the study of the recognition of the sentencing process, which has formed a field of study, quite recently, in its own right. The earliest essays in this volume date from 1963, and the topic began to receive more systematic attention across different jurisdictions, by the early 1970s. At this time, practioners and academics from the UK and the USA were realising that while much reforming effort had been directed towards the substantive criminal law and its procedures, little had been done about the law and procedure of sentencing. A rather sharp distinction between the trial stage and the sentencing stage had been assumed. Characteristic of the trial stage were adversarial proceedings and the operation of strict rules of admissibility and proof. However, when it came to the sentencing stage, these rules were relaxed. The sentencing aims at that time were utilitarian with the focus on the rehabilitation of the offender. |
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| Item Description: | A collection of essays originally published in law journals from 1963 to 1994. |
| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 492 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1855217848 |