Exploring the mandatory life sentence for murder /
Murder is often regarded as both the 'ultimate' and a unique crime, and whereas courts are normally given discretion in sentencing offenders, for murder the sentence is mandatory - indeterminate imprisonment. Since the crime and the punishment come as a 'package deal' this book l...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hart Publishing Limited,
©2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Defining murder and other forms of criminal homicide
- Origins of the mandatory life sentence for murder
- The mandatory life sentence for murder : the status quo
- Making the case for and against the mandatory life sentence
- Public knowledge of trends in crime and punishment
- Public attitudes to sentencing in cases of murder
- Exploring the relationship between information and attitudes to sentencing
- Reforming the sentence for murder : the way forward
- Appendix A: Comparative approaches to the definition and sentencing of murder
- Appendix B: Comparison of schedule 21 with practice direction
- Appendix C: Survey instrument.