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



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Titolo: Confronting crime : crime control policy under New Labour / / edited by Michael Tonry Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 364.941
Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain
Crime prevention - Great Britain
Altri autori: TonryMichael H  
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
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ISBN: 1-134-02837-7
1-315-06558-4
1-134-02830-X
1-281-33156-2
9786611331566
1-84392-432-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825138203321
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Serie: Cambridge criminal justice series.