Sentencing and Punishment Books

New and Published Books

1. Juvenile Justice in Britain and the United States

   The Balance of Needs and Rights

   By Phyllida Parsloe

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This study, first published in 1978, compares the ways in which the systems in England, Scotland and the United States balance the necessity of meeting children’s needs against the protection of their rights. Three approaches to juvenile justice are identified; the criminal justice, the welfare,...

   Published March 26th 2015 by Routledge
2. Land of White Gloves?

   A history of crime and punishment in Wales

   By Richard Ireland

   Series: History of Crime in the UK and Ireland

   Land of White Gloves? is an important academic investigation into the history of crime and punishment in Wales. Beginning in the medieval period when the limitations of state authority fostered a law centred on kinship and compensation, the study explores the effects of the introduction of...

   Published March 25th 2015 by Routledge
3. Criminal Justice Ethics

   Cultivating the moral imagination

   By Sharon Hayes

   It is essential for those employed within the justice system to be able to competently and confidently work at the borders between ethics and the law. Criminal Justice Ethics offers a fresh new approach to considering ethical issues in a criminal justice context. Rather than simply offering a range...

   Published February 19th 2015 by Routledge
4. Trends in the Judiciary

   Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two

   Edited by David Lowe, Dilip K. Das

   Series: Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons

   The term judicial opinion can be a misnomer as rarely are judges’ true feelings on legal issues and the work they do made available to the public. Judges are constrained when writing decisions to follow the law and leave personal commentary aside. Through a series of revealing interviews, this book...

   Published February 6th 2015 by CRC Press
5. Comparative Criminal Justice

   3rd Edition

   By Francis Pakes

   This book offers an accessible introduction to comparative criminal justice and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with the main stages in the criminal justice process, from policing to sentencing. This popular bestseller has been fully updated and expanded...

   Published December 17th 2014 by Routledge
6. Transnational Penal Cultures

   New perspectives on discipline, punishment and desistance

   Edited by Vivien Miller, James Campbell

   Series: Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories

   Focusing on three key stages of the criminal justice process, discipline, punishment and desistance, and incorporating case studies from Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia, the thirteen chapters in this collection are based on exciting new research that explores the evolution and...

   Published November 6th 2014 by Routledge
7. Delivering Rehabilitation

   The politics, governance and control of probation

   By Lol Burke, Steve Collett

   Do offenders have the right to be rehabilitated and should the state be responsible for their rehabilitation? Should the public expect punitive and coercive approaches to offender rehabilitation? Why should the state be interested in the reform of individuals and how can helping offenders be...

   Published October 23rd 2014 by Routledge
8. Women Exiting Prison

   Critical Essays on Gender, Post-Release Support and Survival

   Edited by Bree Carlton, Marie Segrave

   Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

   Women’s incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world. While there have been efforts to implement reform, particularly in countries such as Canada, UK, US and Australia, the growing evidence...

   Published October 23rd 2014 by Routledge
9. The Politics of Abolition Revisited

   By Thomas Mathiesen

   Originally published in 1974 and the recipient of the Denis Carroll Book Prize at the World Congress of the International Criminology Society in 1978, Thomas Mathiesen’s The Politics of Abolition is a landmark text in critical criminology. In its examination of Scandinavian penal policy and call...

   Published September 2nd 2014 by Routledge
10. Doing Probation Work

    Identity in a Criminal Justice Occupation

    By Rob Mawby, Anne Worrall

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

    A great deal has been written about the political, policy and practice changes that have shaped probation work but little has been written on the changes to occupational cultures and the ways in which probation workers themselves view their role. This book fills that gap by exploring the meaning of...

    Published August 20th 2014 by Routledge