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Published in 1999. Scottish criminal law and procedure are very
different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal
justice process and its constituent institutions. Its aims are: to
explain the operation of the various elements which make up the
'system'; to summarise the considerable volume of relevant Scottish
research; and to locate this knowledge within contemporary
theorising about criminal justice. To this end, the editors
commissioned a team of experts to write chapters on the various
stages of institutions of the Scottish criminal justice process.
Given Scotland's broad social and cultural similarities to the rest
of the United Kingdom, the book also provides a useful comparative
perspective which should help to discourage the tendency towards
overly ethnocentric theorising south of the border.
Combining the latest work of leading sentencing and punishment
scholars from twelve different countries, this major new
international volume answers key questions in the study of
sentencing and society. It presents not only a rigorous examination
of the latest legal and empirical research from around the world,
but also reveals the workings of sentencing within society and as a
social practice. Traditionally, work in the field of sentencing has
been dominated by legal and philosophical approaches.
Distinctively, this volume provides a more sociological approach to
sentencing: so allowing previously unanswered questions to be
addressed and new questions to be opened. This extensive collection
is drawn from around one third of the papers presented at the First
International Conference on Sentencing and Society. Almost without
exception, the chapters have been revised, cross-referenced and
updated. The overall themes and findings of the international
volume are set out by the opening "Introduction" and the closing
"Reflections" chapters. Research findings on particular penal
policy questions are balanced with an analysis of fundamental
conceptual issues, making this international volume essential
reading for: sentencing and punishment scholars, criminal justice
policy-makers, and graduate students.
Published in 1999. Scottish criminal law and procedure are very
different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal
justice process and its constituent institutions. Its aims are: to
explain the operation of the various elements which make up the
'system'; to summarise the considerable volume of relevant Scottish
research; and to locate this knowledge within contemporary
theorising about criminal justice. To this end, the editors
commissioned a team of experts to write chapters on the various
stages of institutions of the Scottish criminal justice process.
Given Scotland's broad social and cultural similarities to the rest
of the United Kingdom, the book also provides a useful comparative
perspective which should help to discourage the tendency towards
overly ethnocentric theorising south of the border.
Combining the latest work of leading sentencing and punishment
scholars from twelve different countries, this major new
international volume answers key questions in the study of
sentencing and society. It presents not only a rigorous examination
of the latest legal and empirical research from around the world,
but also reveals the workings of sentencing within society and as a
social practice. Traditionally, work in the field of sentencing has
been dominated by legal and philosophical approaches.
Distinctively, this volume provides a more sociological approach to
sentencing: so allowing previously unanswered questions to be
addressed and new questions to be opened. This extensive collection
is drawn from around one third of the papers presented at the First
International Conference on Sentencing and Society. Almost without
exception, the chapters have been revised, cross-referenced and
updated. The overall themes and findings of the international
volume are set out by the opening "Introduction" and the closing
"Reflections" chapters. Research findings on particular penal
policy questions are balanced with an analysis of fundamental
conceptual issues, making this international volume essential
reading for: sentencing and punishment scholars, criminal justice
policy-makers, and graduate students.
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