Crime and Penal Policy: Reflections on Fifty Years' Experience

ISBN-13: 9781032325927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 257 str.

Barbara Wootton

Opis

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in criminal law and the penal system, such as magistrates, prison visitors, and anyone accused or convicted of criminal offences.

Spis treści

Preface List of Abbreviations 1. My Criminal Career 2. The Function of the Court: (I) Reaching a verdict 3. The Function of the Court: (II) The Nature of Criminal Justice and the Sentencing Function 4. Limitations on the Sentencing Function 5. The Personnel of the Courts 6. Custodial Sentences 7. Non-Custodial Sentences 8. Murder 9. Young Offenders 10. Drugs and Drunks 11. Motorists 12. Criminal Responsibility and the Mentally Abnormal Offender 13. Conclusion Index

O autorze

Barbara Wootton