The public holds stereotypical beliefs about sex crimes, its perpetrators, and its victims,
which may influence punitive attitudes toward individuals convicted of sex offenses (ICSOs) …

Debates about the regulation of drugs are inseparable from talk of children and the young.
Yet how has this association come to be so strong, and why does it have so much …

International criminal justice is challenged to better reflect legitimate victim interest. This
book provides a framework for achieving synthesis between restorative and retributive …

Much of the scholarship on legitimacy and criminal justice has focused on the ways that
perceptions of legitimacy are shaped by contact with criminal justice professionals, notably …

Significant changes in Italian political, socioeconomic, and institutional contexts since 1985
have led to markedly harsher policies and laws. Sentencing law and penal policies have …

Abstract Former socialist European countries (FSECs) have largely been overlooked in the
scholarly debate on sentencing disparities and structuring sentencing discretion. The article …

It was argued in Chapter 1 that guidelines and/or a more structured approach to personal
mitigation are needed in order to improve sentencing consistency and transparency, while …

Judges and magistrates are often criticised for failing to take sufficient account of social
factors such as poverty and social deprivation when sentencing offenders. The implication is …

Sentencing Policy and Social Justice argues that the promotion of social justice should
become a key objective of sentencing policy, advancing the argument that the legitimacy of …

Collateral legal consequences attached to criminal convictions (CLCs) are often criticised
because they expose criminal offenders to various forms of harmful and/or wrongful …