Easton, Susan M.

Sentencing and punishment the quest for justice Susan Easton and Christine Piper. - 2nd ed. - Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2008. - xxx, 514 p. ill. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-503) and index.

New penology and new policies -- Just constraints? sentencing discretion and retributivist principles -- 'Just deserts' : developments in retributivist sentencing -- Utility and deterrence -- Risk and danger -- Making amends -- Mitigating the sentence? -- Treating children differently -- Justice in the modern prison -- Equality and difference in punishment -- Experiencing imprisonment -- Just punishment in the community -- Punishing young offenders -- Future directions.

9780199218103

2008028891


Sentences Criminal procedure--England.
Punishment--Wales.
Prison sentences--Wales.
Sentences Criminal procedure--Wales.
Punishment--England.
Prison sentences--England.

KD8406 / .E27 2008

345.420772 / E138s2