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The English Sentencing System 3rd Ed.
By: Rupert Cross, Andrew Ashworth
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The new edition of Cross on the English Sentencing System provides a clear and concise explanation of sentencing. combined with statistical information about how the system works. It includes a detailed exploration of the whys and wherefores of sentencing practice, and takes account of important developments such as the reports of the Advisory Council on the Penal System and the Lord Chief Justice's recent initiatives on the length of sentences. Chapter I outlines the law relating to the measures which an English court can order on convicting a person. Chapter II shows the system in operation, referring to the difficult problems raised by 'plea bargaining and by procedure for determining facts for sentencing. Chapter III considers the relationship of theories of punishment to the practice of sentencing, and there are new sections to take account of the problems raised by proposals from the Law Commission and from the Criminal Law Revision Committee. Chapter IV deals with the question of fixing the length of a prison sentence, and Chapter V discusses topical issues such as the reform of the sentencing system and the problem of dangerous offenders.
