Confronting Crime : Crime control policy under new labour

ISBN-13: 9781843920229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 264 str.

Opis

From Labour's promise to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime', controlling crime and reforming the criminal justice system has been one of the government's key priorities. This work covers the past record of the Labour government, focusing on effective ways of dealing with crime and offenders.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Evidence, Elections and Ideology in the Making of Criminal Justice  2. Drug Dependent Offenders and Justice for All  3. Unprincipled Sentencing? The Policy Approach to Dangerous Sex Offenders  4. Nuisance Offenders: Scooping 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