What are the implications of mitigating a sentence on theory, perpetrators, and victims?
Critically evaluate historical philosophical debates on punishment
Evaluate contemporary utterances in penal policy in relation to philosophies.
understand and analyse the wider implications to penal policy making (ie political influences, financial elements and public mood).
Understand and analyse the wider implications to penal policy making (ie political influences, financial elements and public mood).
Evaluate contemporary utterances in penal policy in relation to philosophies
Use reading info Duff , A. & Garland, D. (1994) A Reader on Punishment. Oxford. OUP.
Garland, D. (1990) Punishment and Modern Society: A study in Social Theory. Oxford. Clarendon Press.
Scott, D. (2008) Penology. London. Sage.
Von Hirsch, A. & Ashworth, A. (eds) (1990) Principled Sentencing; Readings on theory and Policy. 2nd edition. Oxford. Hart Publishing.
Carrabine, E. et al (2004) Criminology: A Sociological Introduction, London. RKP.
Ellis, T. & Savage, S.P. (eds) (2012) Debates in Criminal Justice: Key Themes and Issues. London. Routledge.
Garland, D. (2001) The Culture of Control. Oxford. OUP
Hudson, B. (1993) Penal Policy and Social Justice Basingstoke. Macmillan.
Pratt, J. (2002) Punishment and Civilisation: Penal Tolerance and Intolerance in Modern Society. London. Sage