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The Case for a Royal Commission on the Penal System (Pamphlet)
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The Case for a Royal Commission on the Penal System (Pamphlet)
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Loot Price R294
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An initiative supported by leading political, academic, religious
and professional figures and in association with Queen Mary
University of London. Virtually half-a-century has passed since the
last Royal Commission on the Penal System was dissolved, its work
uncompleted. Looking forwards, six members of the Commission
asserted that 'after some years' a new Royal Commission would be of
great public service. As commentators, writers and practitioners,
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC and Professor Sean McConville have many
decades of experience of penal policy and practice. Some 20-years
ago they urged the appointment of a new Royal Commission on the
subject. They have since pressed their case in letters to major
newspapers and in earlier writings. In this publication the
momentum for which is supported by leading figures, they make the
case for a new Royal Commission that will be reflective, effective
and swift, capable of building consensus and providing directions
for generations. They argue that penal policy is fragmented and
frequently irrational, contradictory, counterproductive,
insubstantial and put together in a haphazard way.The dynamics and
pressures of party politics inevitably mean that penal policy often
emerges in response to hard cases and headlines. As this pamphlet
claims, broader and more considered views, drawing on evidence and
seeking to maximise social good, cannot be delivered by politicians
afraid of missing an opportunity to score party political points.
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