Non-custodial sentencing

... to establish a coherent sentencing structure. After a series of further statutes in the 1990s, Parliament consolidated sentencing law in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) (PCCS) Act 2000. ... licence 281 9.6 Demographic features of the prison population 285 9.7 Conclusions 291 10 Non-custodial sentencing 293 10.1 A brief history 293 10.2 The absolute discharge 295 10.3 Condit...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:58

... the development of English sentencing are discussed in ch. 13. 1.6 Informal influences on sentencing practice 43 but it would be na ¨ ıve to believe that they will transform sentencing practice and reduce ... to establish a coherent sentencing structure. After a series of further statutes in the 1990s, Parliament consolidated sentencing law in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencin...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... lengths currently handed down. 9.5.3 The effect on sentencing practice What will be the effect of the new provisions on early release and of HDC on the sentencing practices of the courts? The first ... since the sentencing court has no means of ascertaining the views of right-thinking members of the public and inevitably attributes to such right-thinking members its own views . . . In th...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... 1.1.28. 316 Non-custodial sentencing Perhaps it was this range of reparative, retributive and rehabilitative functions which led to the swift adoption of community service orders into English sentencing practice. ... changes to non-custodial sentencing, but most of those changes concern community sentences. The Halliday report concluded that discharges and fines are working well as p...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... political posturing or vote-catching policies that have tended to shape sentencing legislation (and therefore judicial sentencing) in recent decades. Thus whether one takes the justification for ... the justifications for sentencing policy in general, for the types of sentence that are used, and for the conditions that they impose on offenders. 3.3 The rationales of sentencing 3.3.1 The...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... leadership on criminal justicepolicy in general and sentencing policy in particular. 13.1 The responsibility of sentencing There is no doubt that the task of sentencing imposes a great burden on magistrates and ... ladder The concept of a penal ladder has two applications in sentencing. Its fundamental meaning is to describe the hierarchy of sentencing options, from the least restric...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... little experience of sentencing at magistrates’ court level to provide much practical guidance.) The work of the Sentencing Advisory Panel has led to the creation of some sentencing guidelines ... 4.4.1. CHAPTER 2 Sentencing and the constitution Majorchangesin the sentencing eld in recentyearshave raised several questions ofa constitutional nature. To what extent does sentencing po...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... (2004), p. 7. CHAPTER 12 Special sentencing powers This chapter deals with three sets of sentencing powers for particular groups of offender. It begins with the sentencing of young offenders under ... sentences In Chapter 9 above we noted the sharp increase in the use of custody in English sentencing. However, the sentencing of young offenders is an exception to this, at least in res...

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