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• Title:Sentencing and punishment : the quest for justice / Susan Easton and Christine Piper.
  
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• Author/Creator:Easton, Susan M.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Piper, Christine.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD8406 .E27 2008 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sentences (Criminal procedure)--England.
  Prison sentences--England.
  Punishment--England.
  Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Wales.
  Prison sentences--Wales.
  Punishment--Wales.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxx, 514 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-503) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199218103 (paper)
  0199218102 (paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. A. Sentencing Principles and Policies
  1. New penology and new policies
  2. Just constraints? Sentencing discretion and retributivist principles
  3. 'Just deserts': developments in retributivist sentencing
  4. Utility and deterrence
  5. Risk and danger
  6. Making amends
  7. Mitigating the sentence?
  8. Treating children differently
  Pt. B. Punishing Offenders
  9. Justice in the modern prison
  10. Equality and difference in punishment
  11. Experiencing imprisonment
  12. Just punishment in the community
  13. Punishing young offenders
  14. Future directions.