Sentencing and Punishment The Quest for Justice

by Easton, Susan; Piper, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780199693535
• ISBN10: 0199693536
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This innovative text provides an accessible account of recent developments in sentencing and punishment from the standpoint of penal theories, policy aims, punishment practice and human rights. It reviews - from philosophical, legal and practical perspectives - changing ideas as to what counts as 'just' punishment, and provides an integrated discussion of the law and legitimacy of the process of calculating and implementing punishment. Sentencing and Punishmentcovers the key themes and topics studied on sentencing and punishment courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It explains and evaluates recent and proposed changes in penal policy and sentencing practice and gives a detailed account of punishment in custody and the community. The book is accompanied by anOnline Resource Centrefeaturing: - Updates on case law, new legislation and key developments - Further reading suggestions for each chapter of the book - Guidance on answering end of chapter questions

Author Biography

Susan Easton is Reader in Law at Brunel Law School, a barrister, and editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law. She has previously lectured at the University of Sussex and the University of Sheffield. She has a particular research interest in prisoners' rights and the experience of imprisonment.

Christine Piper is Professor of Law at Brunel Law School, and a member of the editorial board of Child and Family Law Quarterly. Her current research interests include issues in youth justice and the impact of punishment on families.

Table of Contents

Sentencing Principles and Policies

New penology and new policies

Just constraints? Sentencing discretion and retributivist priciples

"Just deserts": developments in retributivist sentencing

Utility and deterrence

Risk and danger

Making amends

Mitigating the sentence

Treating children differently

Punishing offenders

Justice in the modern prison

Equality and difference in punishment

Experiencing imprisonment

Just punishment in the community

Punishing young offenders

Future directions

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