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Public opinion and the penalty for murder : report of the Homicide Review Advisory Group on the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder



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Titolo: Public opinion and the penalty for murder : report of the Homicide Review Advisory Group on the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hook, Hampshire, : Waterside Press, 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (28 p.)
Disciplina: 345.0772
Soggetto topico: Life imprisonment - Great Britain - Public opinion
Mandatory sentences - Great Britain - Public opinion
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - Great Britain - Public opinion
Punishment - Great Britain - Public opinion
Murder - Great Britain
Homicide - Great Britain
Note generali: "December 2011".
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Background to Sentencing for Murder in England and Wales""; ""Public Opinion, Attitudes, Media Influence and the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder""; ""What is Public Opinion and How is it Conceptualised?""; ""How is Public Opinion Properly Measured?""; ""How is Public Opinion Influenced by the Media?""; ""What Measures of Public Opinion on the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder are Currently Available and what Conclusions Have Been Drawn from the Evidence?""; ""Knowledge""; ""Public attitudes to sentencing in murder cases""
""Are the Measures We Now Have of Public Opinion Valid and Reliable in Relation to the Conclusions Drawn?""""The questionnaire""; ""Statistical analysis""; ""Implications for policy and further research""; ""Alternatives to the Mandatory Penalty""; ""Postscript""; ""Members of the Homicide Review Advisory Group (HomRAG)""
Sommario/riassunto: HOMRAG argue that the mandatory life sentence for murder is both unjust and outdated; a compromise arrived at in the 1960s in order to ensure that abolition of the death penalty made its way through both Houses of Parliament.
Titolo autorizzato: Public opinion and the penalty for murder  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-908162-10-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817413203321
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