RT Book
T1 Sentencing policies and practices in Western countries: comparative and cross-national perspectives
T2 Crime and justice
JF Crime and justice
A2 Tonry, Michael H. 1954-
LA English
PP Chicago London
PB University of Chicago Press
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/863078400
AB "Sentencing Policies and Practices in Western Countries: Comparative and Cross-national Perspectives is the forty-fifth addition to the Crime and Justice series. Contributors include Thomas Weigend on criminal sentencing in Germany since 2000; Julian V. Roberts and Andrew Ashworth on the evolution of sentencing policy and practice in England and Wales from 2003 to 2015; Jacqueline Hodgson and Laurène Soubise on understanding the sentencing process in France; Anthony N. Doob and Cheryl Marie Webster on Canadian sentencing policy in the twenty-first century; Arie Freiberg on Australian sentencing policies and practices; Krzysztof Krajewski on sentencing in Poland; Alessandro Corda on Italian policies; Michael Tonry on American sentencing; and Tapio Lappi-Seppälä on penal policy and sentencing in the Nordic countries" --
AB Differences in national sentencing systems and the differences they make / Michael Tonry -- Nordic sentencing / Tapio Lappi-Seppala -- No news is good news : criminal sentencing in Germany since 2000 / Thomas Weigand -- Sentencing and penal policies in Italy, 1985-2015 : the tale of a troubled country / Alessandro Corda -- Sentencing in Poland : failed attempts to reduce punitiveness / Krzysztof Krajewski -- Understanding the sentencing process in France / Jacqueline Hodgson and Laurene Soubise -- Belgian sentencing as a bifurcated practice / Veerle Scheirs, Kristel Beyens, and Sonja Snacken -- The evolution of sentencing policy and practice in England and Wales, 2003-2015 -- Weathering the storm? Testing the long-standing Canadian sentencing policy in the twenty-first century / Anthony N. Doob and Cheryl Marie Webster -- The road well traveled in Australia : ignoring the past, condemning the future / Arie Freiberg -- Equality and human dignity : the missing ingredients in American sentencing / Michael Tonry
NO Includes also one essay on Australian sentencing policies and practices
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV8708
SN 9780226440774
SN 9780226337579
SN 9780226440804
K1 Sentences (Criminal procedure) : Western countries
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Strafzumessung : Internationaler Vergleich