Dispensing Justice: Responses to Crime, Volume 4 by Lord Windlesham (English) Ha

Description: Dispensing Justice by Lord Windlesham In this final volume of Responses to Crime the author completes a four-part description of the evolution of criminal policy over the second half of the twentieth century. The priorities for reducing crime and modernizing the system of criminal justice are subjected to informed analysis and comment. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The prevalence of criminal offending in England and Wales, its causes, the harms that result, and what can be done to counter it, have been in the forefront of public policy concerns throughout the second half of the twentieth century. The differing ways in which successive governments and policy-makers have responded has been the theme of Lord Windleshams four volumes on `Responses to Crime`.In this final part of his survey, covering theclosing years of the century, the author analyses how the dominant influence of public opinion, systematically measured, evaluated, and translated into policy decisions, interacted with a trend towardsretribution and a harsher penal climate. Despite the relief afforded by electronically monitored early release the numbers in prison rose to record levels, with consequent failures to achieve targets relating to conditions and treatment.Since the 1997 General Election New labours modernizing mission has led to far-reaching managerial and structural reforms in the process of justice. The Crown Prosecution Service, Legal Aid, and the Probation Service have been reorganized;a new system of youth justice instituted; and mandatory sentencing, inherited from the Conservatives, preserved and extended.This volume contains detailed commentaries on thecontroversy over access to jury trial, the not yet completed reform of criminal legal aid, and the policy imperative of strengthening the enforcement of community penalties. `Dispensing Justice` also includes a comparative study of the development of public defender systems for indigent persons charged with criminal offences in the United States. Author Biography Lord Windlesham is the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and President of Victim Support. He was a former Minister at the Home Office and Northern Ireland Office, and as Chairman of the Parole Board for England and Wales for six years in the 1980s. Table of Contents 1: High Tide: Mandatory Sentences, 1995-72: The Inheritance: Mandatory Sentences, 1997-93: Changing Course: Politics and Policy-Making, 1997-84: Reforms in the Criminal Process I: The Crown Prosecution Service5: Reforms in the Criminal Process II: The Defendants6: Righting the Balance? Public Defence in America7: Reforms in the Criminal Process III: Mode of Trial8: Community Penalties: Enforcement and Structural Change9: Modernizing Criminal Justice, 1997-2001 Long Description The prevalence of criminal offending in England and Wales, its causes, the harms that result, and what can be done to counter it, have been in the forefront of public policy concerns throughout the second half of the twentieth century. The differing ways in which successive governments and policy-makers have responded has been the theme of Lord Windleshams four volumes on `Responses to Crime`.In this final part of his survey, covering theclosing years of the century, the author analyses how the dominant influence of public opinion, systematically measured, evaluated, and translated into policy decisions, interacted with a trend towards retribution and a harsher penal climate. Despite the relief afforded by electronically monitored earlyrelease the numbers in prison rose to record levels, with consequent failures to achieve targets relating to conditions and treatment.Since the 1997 General Election New labours modernizing mission has led to far-reaching managerial and structural reforms in the process of justice. The Crown Prosecution Service, Legal Aid, and the Probation Service have been reorganized; a new system of youth justice instituted; and mandatory sentencing, inherited from the Conservatives,preserved and extended.This volume contains detailed commentaries on the controversy over access to jury trial, the not yet completed reform of criminal legal aid, and the policy imperative of strengthening the enforcement of community penalties. `Dispensing Justice` alsoincludes a comparative study of the development of public defender systems for indigent persons charged with criminal offences in the United States. Feature The reduction of crime and the protection of the public are Government priorities in domestic policyThis highly topical book, by an acknowledged expert, describes how policies are developed to counter criminal offending and the outcomes that resultRecent legislation to modernize criminal justice and improve law enforcement is impartially scrutinized by an active participant in the legislative process. The crucial impact of public opinion at each stage of decision-making is brought out Details ISBN0198298447 Author Lord Windlesham Series Responses to Crime (Hardcover) Language English ISBN-10 0198298447 ISBN-13 9780198298441 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 364.941 Series Number 04 Year 2001 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 336 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Responses to Crime, Volume 4 Short Title RESPONSES TO CRIME V04 Imprint Oxford University Press DOI 10.1604/9780198298441 UK Release Date 2001-09-13 AU Release Date 2001-09-13 NZ Release Date 2001-09-13 Birth 1920 Affiliation Principal, Brasenose College, University of Oxford Position Principal Qualifications MD Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2001-09-13 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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