Tough Justice is an incisive examination of British sentencing policy, tracing the political developments that have led to the great rise in the prison population since 1993, before indicating the direction in which a sustainable solution can be found. The book provides a clear and lively analysis of the reasons behind the long-standing consensus that there should be restraint in the use of prison as the disposal of last resort and describes the destruction of that consensus in the 1990s. A detailed account of the very different attempts to control sentencing, in the Criminal Justice Acts of 1992 and 1991 and the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, is also included. Written by two senior civil servants with years of experience in prison administration, this book will be essential reading for all those working or interested in the UK's criminal justice system.
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978-1-85431-725-4 (9781854317254)
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Background Issues; Justifications and Purposes of Imprisonment; Prisons Since the 1970's; Prisons - Protecting the Public; International Comparisons; Sentencing and the Courts; Policy in the 1980's and 1990's Early Release and Structured Sentencing: the Criminal Justice Act 1982; Just Deserts: the Criminal Justice Act 1991; The Watershed; Prison Works; Current Policy and Prospects for the Future; A New Kind of Crisis.
Examining British sentencing policy, this work traces the developments that have led to prison over-crowding before proposing a possible solution to the problem. Comparison with the US and European experience is included, as is an account of sentencing in the Criminal Justice Acts of 1982 and 1991.
