Sentencing Law and Practice

This work, a successor to the author s Sentencing Law and Practice (2000), provides a comprehensive analysis of Irish sentencing law and makes extensive use of comparative material from other common-law jurisdictions. As well as dealing with general principles, there are several chapters devoted to the sentencing of specific offences. The book includes a detailed analysis of the Children Act 2001, the Sex Offenders Act 2001 and the possible implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the Irish sentencing system.

Contents: Sentencing policy and principles; Homicide; Sex offences; Child pornography offences; Dangerous driving offences; Drug offences; Young offenders; Mentally-ill offenders; Corporate offenders; Sentencing options and process.

Thomas O Malley is a practising barrister and a senior lecturer in law at National University of Ireland, Galway.