Denying Responsibility: Sentencers' Accounts of their Decisions to Imprison

The reasons for dramatic rises in prison populations are the focus of much debate. This paper examines just one of these: the sentencing practices of the judiciary who play a pivotal role both in determining the use of imprisonment itself and in the severity of prison sentences. Drawing on research...

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Main Author: Tombs, Jacqueline (Author)
Contributors: Jagger, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: The British journal of criminology
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
IFK: In: Z 7
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