| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Contents |
Punishing, more or less : exploring aggravation and mitigation at sentencing / Julian V. Roberts -- Re-evaluating the justifications for aggravation and mitigation at sentencing / Andrew Ashworth -- The search for principles of mitigation : integrating cultural demands / Allan Manson -- Personal mitigation and assumptions about offending and desistance / Joanna Shapland -- Intoxication as a sentencing factor : mitigating or aggravating? / Nicola Padfield -- Beyond the partial excuse : Australasian approaches to provocation as a sentencing factor / Arie Freiberg and Felicity Stewart -- Equality before the law : racial and social background factors as sources of mitigation at sentencing / Kate Warner -- Personal mitigation : an empirical analysis in England and Wales / Jessica Jacobson and Mike Hough -- Exploring public attitudes to sentencing factors in England and Wales / Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough -- The pernicious impact of perceived public opinion on sentencing : findings from an empirical study of the public's approach to personal mitigation / Austin Lovegrove -- Addressing problematic sentencing factors in the development of guidelines / Warren Young and Andrea King -- Proof of aggravating and mitigating facts at sentencing / Kevin R. Reitz -- Mitigation in federal sentencing in the United States / William W. Berry III -- The discretionary effect of mitigating and aggravating factors : a South African case study / Stephan Terblanche |
| Summary |
This volume explores an important, yet under-researched, area of sentencing law and practice: the use of mitigating and aggravating factors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- England -- Congresses
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Sentences (Criminal procedure)
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139159227 |
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1139159224 |
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0521197805 |
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9780521197809 |
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1283342367 |
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9781283342360 |
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9781139161275 |
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113916127X |
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9780511979170 |
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0511979177 |
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9781139157452 |
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1139157450 |
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9781107659988 |
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1107659981 |
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