Easton, Susan M.

Sentencing and punishment : the quest for justice / Susan Easton and Christine Piper - 2nd ed. - Oxford : 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

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Sentences (Criminal procedure)--England
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Prison sentences--Wales
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