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Sentencing and Criminal Justice Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)

Sentencing and Criminal Justice By Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)

Sentencing and Criminal Justice by Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)

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Sentencing and Criminal Justice by Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)

This revised and updated new edition focuses on major developments in sentencing law, practice and theory. Sentencing in England and Wales is now dominated by Sentencing Council guidelines, and scrutiny of those guidelines is central to this book. Issues of principle are identified and discussed, to include the constitutional position of the Sentencing Council; the meaning of, and challenges to, proportionality; and the sentencing of BAME offenders and women offenders. The book welcomes the new Sentencing Code, introduced as the Sentencing Act 2020, and critically examines the government's plans for sentencing reform, set out in the 2020 White Paper A Smarter Approach to Sentencing. Throughout the book, sentencing is explored in its wider criminal justice context - making it essential reading for courses on sentencing, criminal justice and criminal law.

Sentencing and Criminal Justice Reviews

This book is the best introduction to the English sentencing system for undergraduate and postgraduate students, but it also provides a scholarly analysis of the issues which is of great use to academic researchers (and, indeed, to practitioners and the courts). In particular, the analysis of guidelines, case law and recent academic writing on sentencing theory, law and practice is second to none. The book is clearly written, and extensive references are provided throughout. The authoritative nature of this book, and its value for practitioners in common law jurisdictions outside of England and Wales, is demonstrated by the fact that previous editions of the book have been cited with approval on several occasions by the High Court of Justiciary on Appeal in Scotland. The seventh edition continues this exceptional level of scholarship. -- Dr Graeme Brown * Durham University *
Absolutely superb. The additions made including the updates for the Sentencing Code ensure this is the leading text on the market. The commentary and wide range of sources provide a level of analysis that is not matched elsewhere. -- Dr Lyndon Harris * King's College London *
An accessible and thought-provoking text which provides expert commentary on a fast-paced area of the law. -- Gary Betts * Coventry University *
This is a comprehensive and detailed book that is well structured and student-friendly. -- David Palmer * University of Northampton *
Sentencing and Criminal Justice is my go-to text for teaching students about sentencing law and practice...The focus of this book on principles and the wider social and political context of sentencing law and practice makes it an excellent source of both commentary and recommendations for further reading and research. The updated text and commentary is excellent, and I will be recommending the new edition to my students. -- Ailbhe O'Loughlin * University of York *
This is an excellent resource, particularly on sentencing law...Students will find the detail and well written critical analysis very assistive to their understandings of complex criminal justice and the theory and applications of sentencing law. -- Max Lowenstein * Bournemouth University *

About Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)

Andrew Ashworth is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Rory Kelly is Lecturer in Criminal Evidence and Criminal Law at UCL Faculty of Laws, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to English Sentencing 1.1. Courts and Crimes 1.2. The Available Sentences 1.3. The General Statistical Background 1.4. What is Sentencing? 1.5. The Principal Sources of Sentencing Law 1.6. Conclusions 2. Sentencing, the Sentencing Council and the Constitution 2.1. The Separation of Powers in Sentencing 2.2. The Constitutional Position of the Sentencing Council 2.3. The Judiciary, the Executive and Sentencing Policy 2.4. The Judicial College 2.5. The Position of the Magistracy 2.6. European Union Law 2.7. The European Convention on Human Rights 2.8. Conclusions 3. Sentencing Aims, Principles and Policies 3.1. The Aims of the Criminal Justice System 3.2. The Role of the State 3.3. The Rationales of Sentencing 3.4. Some Principles and Policies 3.5. Sentencing Rationales in Practice: Deterrence 3.6. The Role of Public Opinion 3.7. Conclusions 4. Proportionality and Seriousness 4.1. The Proportionality Principle 4.2. Opinions about Offence-seriousness 4.3. Developing Parameters of Ordinal Proportionality 4.4. Offence-seriousness in Practice 4.5. Individual Culpability 4.6. Proportionality and Offence-seriousness 5. Aggravation and Mitigation 5.1. Some Preliminary Problems of Principle 5.2. Aggravation as Increased Seriousness 5.3. Mitigation as Diminished Seriousness 5.4. Personal Mitigation 5.5. Assisting the Criminal Justice System 5.6. Mitigation and Aggravation in Practice 5.7. Conclusions 6. Equality Before the Law 6.1. The Principle and its Challengers 6.2. Race 6.3. Gender 6.4. Employment Status 6.5. Financial Circumstances 6.6. Social Status 6.7. Equality, Parsimony and Risk 7. Custodial Sentencing 7.1. The State of the Prisons 7.2. The Use of Imprisonment 7.3. Principles for the Use of Custodial Sentences 7.4. On the Cusp of Custody 7.5. Medium-to-Long Custodial Sentences: Release on Licence 7.6. Long Custodial Sentences 7.7. Conclusions 8. Non-custodial Sentencing 8.1. A Brief History 8.2. The Absolute Discharge 8.3. Conditional Discharges and Bind-overs 8.4. Compensation Orders 8.5. Fines 8.6. The Community Sentence 8.7. Deferment of Sentence 8.8. Conclusions 9. Persistence, Prevention and Dangerousness 9.1. Historical Introduction 9.2. Four Approaches to Punishing Persistence 9.3. Previous Convictions and the Current Law 9.4. The Problem of 'Professional' Criminals 9.5. Persistent Petty Offenders 9.6. Behaviour Orders 9.7. Minimum Sentences 9.8. Sentencing 'Dangerous Offenders' 9.9. Conclusion 10. Multiple Offenders and Totality 10.1. Charging the Multiple Offender 10.2. The Problems of Sentencing Multiple Offenders 10.3. Guidelines on Sentencing Multiple Offenders 10.4. Totality: Time for a Fresh Start? 11. Behaviour Orders and Ancillary Orders 11.1. Outlining the Current Law 11.2. Prevention, Punishment and the ASBO 11.3. Behaviour Orders on Conviction 11.4. Behaviour Orders on Application 11.5. Ancillary Orders 11.6. Revisiting the Nature of the Orders 11.7. Sentencing for Breach of a Behaviour Order 12. Special Sentencing Powers 12.1. Young Offenders 12.2. Young Adult Offenders 12.3. Mentally Disordered Offenders 13. Procedural Issues at Sentencing 13.1. The Factual Basis for Sentencing 13.2. The Defendant's Record 13.3. The Role of the Prosecution 13.4. Pre-sentence Reports 13.5. Defence Speech in Mitigation 13.6. The Obligation to Give Reasons for Sentence 13.7. The Role of the Victim 14. Sentencing, Guidelines and the Punitive State 14.1. The Responsibility of Sentencing 14.2. Rule-of-law Values, Discretion and Guidelines 14.3. Guidelines and Penal Moderation 14.4. Risk, Prevention and Public Protection 14.5. Stepping Back from the Punitive State

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NGR9781509936281
9781509936281
1509936289
Sentencing and Criminal Justice by Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)
Andrew Ashworth, QC (University of Oxford)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2021-08-12
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