Penal Theory and Practice
Tradition and Innovation in Criminal Justice
Published on 28. July 1994
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-7190-3821-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a transatlantic, interdisciplinary perspective on the crisis in penal policy facing the governments of both Britain and the United States. Some of the issues addressed include: sentencing guidelines; the organization of prisons and their function; the use of non-custodial sentences and "informal justice"; and women and the criminal justice system. The contributors include criminologists, sociologists, lawyers and philosophers, judges, civil servants involved with penal policy, and those with practical experience in prisons and in other aspects of penal practice and reform.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 line illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-3821-1 (9780719038211)
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Content
Part 1 Crisis and reform: sentencing reform - its goals and prospects, Andrew Von Hirsch; the UK penal crisis - where next?, Michael Cavadino. Part 2 Proportionality and parsimony: proportionality, parsimony, and interchangeability of punishments, Michael Tonry; hanging judges and wayward mechanics - reply to Michael Tonry, Ian Brownlee; desert, crime control, disparity, and units of punishment, Paul H Robinson. Part 3 The role of imprisonment: catering to the public - prison policy in the nineties, Hans Toch; just prisons and responsible prisoners, Rod Morgan; a customer focused prison service, Ed Wozniak. Part 4 Non-custodial punishments: changing aims of the English probation system, Bill McWilliams; community service - progress and prospects, Gill McIvor; putting a price on harm - the fine as a punishment, Peter Young. Part 5 Violence against women: criminal justice responses to violence against women, Marjory D Fields; confronting domestic violence - an innovative criminal justice response in Scotland, David Morran and Monica Wilson. Part 6 Informal justice: reintegration through reparation - a way forward for restorative justice?, James Dignan; grassroots initiatives towards restorative justice - the new paradigm?, Tony F Marshall. Part 7 Abolitionism: the abolitionist approach - a British perspective, Joe Sim; abolition and the politics of bad conscience - a response to Sim, Andrew Rutherford; punishing the poor - a critique of the dominance of legal reasoning in penal policy and practice, Barbara A Hudson. Appendices: colloquium programme; colloquium participants.