Sentencing and Criminal Justice
- List Price: $44.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 3
- Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
- Publish date: 12/01/2000
Description:
Examining the key issues in sentencing policy and practice, Sentencing and Criminal Justice provides an up-to-date account of the legislation on sentencing together with the growing Court of Appeal case law.
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In the third edition, Andrew Ashworth incorporates the Crime (Sentences) Act of 1997, the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998, and several new guideline judgments issued by the present Lord Chief Justice. Examining the role of the Sentencing Advisory Panel, Ashworth expands the chapter on special sentencing powers to take account of new laws pertaining to young offenders and the mentally disordered.
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