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The Penal System
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An Introduction
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Artikel-Nr:
9781526460684
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.01.2020
Seiten:
472
Autor:
Mick Cavadino
Gewicht:
1043 g
Format:
234x193x33 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Michael Cavadino, who is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Central Lancashire, is an internationally known author and researcher in the fields of penology (the study of punishment) and mental health law. He is co-author of the leading textbook on the penal system of England and Wales (M Cavadino, J Dignan and G Mair, The Penal System: An Introduction, 5th ed., Sage Publications 2013). His other works include Mental Health Law in Context: Doctors¿ Orders? (Dartmouth, 1989) and M Cavadino and J Dignan, Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach (Sage Publications, 2006).
Now in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.
Chapter 1. Crisis? What crisis?Chapter 2. Justifying punishmentChapter 3. Explaining punishmentChapter 4. Sentencing: the crux of the crisisChapter 5. Punishment in the communityChapter 6. Prisons and the penal crisisChapter 7. Early release: the penal system¿s safety valveChapter 8. The youth justice systemChapter 9. Diversity and bias in the criminal justice systemChapter 10. Solving the crisis?