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Titolo |
Confronting crime : crime control policy under New Labour / / edited by Michael Tonry |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-02837-7 |
1-315-06558-4 |
1-134-02830-X |
1-281-33156-2 |
9786611331566 |
1-84392-432-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge Criminal Justice Series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain |
Crime prevention - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published by Willan Pub., 2003. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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