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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454096503321

Titolo

Confronting crime : crime control policy under New Labour / / edited by Michael Tonry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-315-06558-4

1-134-02830-X

1-281-33156-2

9786611331566

1-84392-432-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Criminal Justice Series

Altri autori (Persone)

TonryMichael H

Disciplina

364.941

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain

Crime prevention - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Willan Pub., 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 Evidence, elections and ideology in the making of criminal justice policy; 2 Drug-dependent offenders and Justice for All; 3 Unprincipled sentencing? The policy approach to dangerous sex offenders; 4 Nuisance offenders: scoping the public policy problems; 5 Procedural and evidential protections in the English courts; 6 Sentencing guidelines; 7 Sentence management: a new role for the judiciary?; 8 Is sentencing in England and Wales institutionally racist?; 9 Custody plus, custody minus; 10 Reducing the prison population

11 'Justice for All': A summary of Cambridge conference discussionsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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 contribu