Achieving consistency in sentencing /

Achieving consistency in sentencing examines the sentencing system in England and Wales and evaluates its dominant principles of retributive proportionality with elements of consequentialist theory; arrives at a theoretically sound and practically functional definition of consistency to promote grea...

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Main Author: Harris, Lyndon (Lawyer) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Achieving consistency in sentencing examines the sentencing system in England and Wales and evaluates its dominant principles of retributive proportionality with elements of consequentialist theory; arrives at a theoretically sound and practically functional definition of consistency to promote greater flexibility of discretion at sentencing, and; identifies key lessons and methods for achieving greater consistency in sentencing.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192675385
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