دانلود کتاب Confronting Crime: Crime control policy under new labour (Cambridge Criminal Justice Series)

From Labour's promise to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime' through to the White Paper and new criminal justice legislation, controlling crime and reforming the criminal justice system has been one of the government's key priorities. This book provides a detailed review of the thinking behind these new plans and legislation, looking at policies and proposals in the field of punishment, particularly those embodied in the Halliday Review of the Sentencing Framework (2001), the government White Paper Justice for All (2002), and the 2002 Criminal Justice Bill. The contributors to th. Read more... Prelims; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Evidence, elections and ideology in the making of criminal justice policy; Chapter 2. Drug-dependent offenders and Justice for All; Chapter 3. Unprincipled sentencing? The policy approach to dangerous sex offenders; Chapter 4. Nuisance offenders: scopping the public policy problems; Chapter 5. Procedural and evidential protections in the English courts; Chapter 6. Sentencing guidelines; Chapter 7. Sentence management: a new role for the judiciary?; Chapter 8. Is sentencing in England and Wales institutionally racist? Chapter 9. Custody plus, custody minusChapter 10. reducing the prison population; Chapter 11. 'Justice for All': A summary of Cambridge conference discussions; Index