Exploring Sentencing Practice in England and Wales [electronic resource] /
Roberts, J.editor.
This volume explores the theory and practice of sentencing in England and Wales, exploring issues such as the role of previous convictions, offender remorse and sentencing female offenders, as well as drawing upon a new and unique source of data from the Crown courts.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Empirical Sentencing Research: Options and Opportunities; 2 Using Court Records for Sentencing Research: Pitfalls and Possibilities; 3 Sentencing Practices and Trends: 1999-2013; 4 Exploring Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practices; 5 Defining and Measuring Consistency in Sentencing; 6 Sentencing Women: An Analysis of Recent Trends; 7 Women and Sentencing: Challenges and Choices; 8 Sentencing and Dependents: Motherhood as Mitigation
9 Paying for the Past: The Role of Previous Convictions at Sentencing in the Crown Court10 Penitence and Persistence: How Should Sentencing Factors Interact?; 11 Exploring the Impact of Sentencing Factors on Sentencing Domestic Burglary; 12 More Than One Crime: Sentencing the Multiple Conviction Offender; 13 Sentencing for Murder: Drawing Lessons from Research; 14 Sentencing Young Offenders; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This volume explores the theory and practice of sentencing in England and Wales, exploring issues such as the role of previous convictions, offender remorse and sentencing female offenders, as well as drawing upon a new and unique source of data from the Crown courts.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Criminology.
Criminal law.
Crime and Society.
Prison and Punishment.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.