Easton, Susan M.

Sentencing and punishment : the quest for justice / Susan Easton and Christine Piper. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xxx, 514 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-503) and index.

New penology and new policies -- Just constraints? sentencing discretion and retributivist principles -- 'Just deserts' : developments in retributivist sentencing -- Utility and deterrence -- Risk and danger -- Making amends -- Mitigating the sentence? -- Treating children differently -- Justice in the modern prison -- Equality and difference in punishment -- Experiencing imprisonment -- Just punishment in the community -- Punishing young offenders -- Future directions.

9780199218103

2008028891


Sentences (Criminal procedure)--England.
Prison sentences--England.
Punishment--England.

KD8406 / .E27 2008

345.42/0772