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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.
Sentencing in England and Wales -- Conceptualising consistency in sentencing -- Dangers of discretion : empirical evidence of inconsistency -- Are individualised justice and consistency incompatible? -- When is a sentencing decision 'discretionary' and how should that discretion be structured? -- Statutory methods of structuring judical discretion at sentencing -- Structuring judicial discretion through the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) -- Structuring discretion through sentencing guidelines : do the Sentencing Council's guidelines promote greater consistency -- Achieving consistency in sentencing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022