The Penal System: An Introduction

Michael Cavadino, James Dignan

ISBN 10: 1412929474 / ISBN 13: 9781412929479

Published by Sage Publications Ltd, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Penal System: An Introduction
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412929474
• ISBN 13: 9781412929479
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Since the publication of the First Edition, The Penal System has been THE essential resource for students and academics in criminal justice and criminology. The new edition has been fully revised and updated to provide the most comprehensive and authoritative overview of punishment and the penal system available. This Fourth Edition provides a stimulating account of penal policy under the New Labour government since 2001, including the new sentencing framework introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the creation of the Sentencing Guidelines Council.

About the Author

Michael Cavadino, who is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Central Lancashire, is an internationally known author and researcher in the fields of penology (the study of punishment) and mental health law. He is co-author of the leading textbook on the penal system of England and Wales (M Cavadino, J Dignan and G Mair, The Penal System: An Introduction, 5th ed., Sage Publications 2013). His other works include Mental Health Law in Context: Doctors′ Orders? (Dartmouth, 1989) and M Cavadino and J Dignan, Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach (Sage Publications, 2006).