Sentencing and society : international perspectives / edited by Cyrus Tata and Neil Hutton.
2002
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Title
Sentencing and society : international perspectives / edited by Cyrus Tata and Neil Hutton.
Published
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
HV8693 .S46 2002
Former Call Number
Comp 875 Se68 2002
ISBN
0754621839
Description
xxix, 600 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)49239694
Note
Revised papers originally presented at an international conference held in Glasgow in June 1999.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
List of Delegates
Preface and Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
So What does ànd Society' Mean? / Cyrus Tata
3
Pt. I
The International Movement Towards Transparency and 'Truth in Sentencing'
1Getting Tough on Crime: the History and Political Context of Sentencing Reform Developments Leading to the Passage of the 1994 Crime Act / Judith Greene
43
2A Sentencing Matrix for Western Australia: Accountability and Transparency or Smoke and Mirrors? / Neil Morgan
65
3Mandatory Sentences: a Conundrum for the new South Africa? / Dirk van Zyl Smit
90
4Are Guided Sentencing and Sentence Bargaining Incompatible? Perspectives of Reform in the Italian Legal System / Grazia Mannozzi
110
5Legislation and Practice of Sentencing in China / Liling Yue
133
6Sentencing Reform in Canada: Who Cares About Corrections? / Mary E. Campbell
139
Pt. II
The Truth About Public and Victim Punitiveness: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
7Public Knowledge and Public Opinion of Sentencing / Mike Hough Julian V. Roberts
157
8Crisis and Contradictions in a State Sentencing Structure / B. Keith Crew Gene M. Lutz Kristine Fahrney
177
9Harsher is not Necessarily Better: Victim Satisfaction with Sentences Imposed under a ̀Truth in Sentencing' Law / Candace McCoy Patrick J. McManimon, Jr.
197
Pt. III
Measuring Punishment - Conceptual and Practical Problems and Resolutions
10European Sentencing Traditions: Accepting Divergence or Aiming for Convergence? / Andrew Ashworth
219
11What's It Worth? A Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sentence Severity / Arie Freiberg
237
12Sentencing Burglars in England and Finland: A Pilot Study / Malcolm Davies Jukka-Pekka Takala Jane Tyrer
257
13A New Look at Sentence Severity / Brian J. Ostrom Charles W. Ostrom, Jr.
277
14Desert and the Punitiveness of Imprisonment / Gavin Dingwall Christopher Harding
308
15The Science of Sentencing: Measurement Theory and von Hirsch's New Scales of Justice / Julia Davis
329
16Scaling Punishments: A Reply to Julia Davis / Andrew von Hirsch
360
17Scaling Punishments: A Response to von Hirsch / Julia Davis
366
Pt. IV
Reason-Giving and Approaches to Explaining Sentencing
18Sentencing Policy and Guilty Plea Discounts / Ralph Henham
371
19Accountability for the Sentencing Decision Process - Towards a New Understanding / Cyrus Tata
399
20Assisting Sentencing, Promoting Justice? / Fergus McNeill
429
21Dangerousness and Risk: from Belgian Positivism to New Penology / Hilde Tubex
452
22Sentencing as Performance: Restoring Drama to the Courtroom / David Tait
469
Pt. V
Doing Justice: Power, Equality and Equity
23Sentencing Policy and Racial Justice / Doris Marie Provine
483
24Sentencing Sexual Offenders in the UK and Australia / Kate Warner
504
25Sentencing the Corporate Offender: Legal and Social Issues / Hazel Croall Jenifer Ross
528
26Sentencing, Inequality and Justice / Neil Hutton
548
27Punishment, Poverty and Responsibility: the Case for a Hardship Defence / Barbara Hudson
562
28Reflections / Neil Hutton
575
Subject Index
590
Author Index
594