Exploring sentencing practice in England and Wales

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Exploring sentencing practice in England and Wales

edited by Julian V. Roberts

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This volume explores the theory and practice of sentencing in England and Wales, exploring issues such as the role of previous convictions, offender remorse and sentencing female offenders, as well as drawing upon a new and unique source of data from the Crown courts.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Paul Wiles 1. Sentencing Research and Sentencing Statistics
  • Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough 2. Understanding Sentencing: Approaches to Research
  • Mandeep Dhami and Ian Belton 3. Overview of Sentencing Patterns and Historical Trends in Sentencing
  • Julian Roberts and Keir Irwin-Rogers 4. Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practices
  • Martina Feilzer 5. Consistency in England and Wales: New Findings from the CCSS
  • J. Pina-Sanchez 6. Sentencing Female Offenders
  • Carol Hedderman and Rebecca Barnes 7. Women and Sentencing
  • Loraine Gelsthorpe and Gillian Sharpe 8. Sentencing and Dependents: Motherhood as Mitigation
  • Shona Minson 9. The Role of Previous Convictions at Sentencing
  • Julian Roberts and J. Pina-Sanchez 10. More than a Single Crime: Sentencing for Multiple Offences
  • Natalia Vibla 11. Mitigating Factors at Sentencing
  • Hannah Maslen 12. Sentencing for Burglary
  • Keir Irwin-Rogers and Thomas W. Perry 13. Sentencing Murder: Lessons from Empirical Research
  • Barry Mitchell and Julian Roberts 14. Sentencing Young Offenders and Young Adults
  • Max Lowenstein

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