Confronting Crime
Crime control policy under new labour
1st Edition
Published on 11. October 2013
264 pages
978-1-134-02830-6 (ISBN)
Description
From Labour's promise to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime' through to the White Paper and new criminal justice legislation, controlling crime and reforming the criminal justice system has been one of the government's key priorities.
This book provides a detailed review of the thinking behind these new plans and legislation, looking at policies and proposals in the field of punishment, particularly those embodied in the Halliday Review of the Sentencing Framework (2001), the government White Paper Justice for All (2002), and the 2002 Criminal Justice Bill. The contributors to the book subject to scrutiny the evidence for the 'evidence-based policy making' that is often claimed as a distinctive new feature to these processes, examining approaches to drug-dependent offenders, dangerous sex offenders, nuisance offenders, procedural and evidential protections in the courts, sentencing guidelines, sentencing management, racism in sentencing, custody plus, custody minus, and reducing the prison population.
This book provides a detailed review of the thinking behind these new plans and legislation, looking at policies and proposals in the field of punishment, particularly those embodied in the Halliday Review of the Sentencing Framework (2001), the government White Paper Justice for All (2002), and the 2002 Criminal Justice Bill. The contributors to the book subject to scrutiny the evidence for the 'evidence-based policy making' that is often claimed as a distinctive new feature to these processes, examining approaches to drug-dependent offenders, dangerous sex offenders, nuisance offenders, procedural and evidential protections in the courts, sentencing guidelines, sentencing management, racism in sentencing, custody plus, custody minus, and reducing the prison population.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-02830-6 (9781134028306)
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Person
Michael Tonry
is Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Minnesota.
is Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Minnesota.
Content
Preface 1. Evidence, Elections and Ideology in the Making of Criminal Justice 2. Drug Dependent Offenders and Justice for All3. Unprincipled Sentencing? The Policy Approach to Dangerous Sex Offenders 4. Nuisance Offenders: Scooping the Public Policy Problems5. Procedural and Evidential Protections in the English Courts6. Sentencing Guidelines7. Sentence Management: A New Role for the Judiciary8. Is Sentencing in England and Wales Institutionally Racist?9. Custody Plus, Custody Minus10. Reducing the Prison Population11. Justice for All
