Research Summary In The Eternal Criminal Record, James Jacobs detailed how it has
become increasingly difficult to escape the mark of a criminal record. One way to “wipe the …

In a recent article in this journal, Isaac Taylor warned against the unconstrained use of
algorithms as instruments to determine sentences in criminal cases. More precisely, what he …

La deriva punitiva que viene caracterizando la evolución de nuestra legislación penal en las
últimas décadas, y de la que es significativo exponente la reciente introducción de la …

The aim of this study was to examine the empirical connections of three phenomena among
the Finnish population:(1) the level of knowledge on the crime situation and the criminal …

Background The last two decades have seen a wave of legislative reforms in the regulation
of the sex industry in many countries around the world. One particularly controversial reform …

Border criminologists have highlighted how, in recent years, the police, courts and prisons in
England and Wales have started to look different, as they have been injected with practices …

Opinion polls have repeatedly shown that populations favour severe penalties for offenders.
However, surveys using a case vignette method, where the attributes of the case described …

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 …

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 …

Purpose Individuals with fewer resources often receive more punitive treatment in the justice
system than those who are more privileged. This situation is frequently justified with …