AuthorWootton, Barbara, 1897-
TitleCrime and penal policy : reflections on fifty years' experience / by Barbara Wootton
Imprint London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1978
Descript 261 p. ; 22 cm.

CONTENT

My criminal career -- The Function of the court: (I) reaching a verdict -- The Function of the court: (II) the nature of criminal justice and the sentencing function -- Limitations on the sentencing function -- The Personnel of the courts -- Custodial sentences -- Non-custodial sentences -- Murder -- Young offenders -- Drugs and drunks -- Motorists -- Criminal responsibility and the mentally abnormal offender


SUBJECT

  1. Punishment -- Great Britain -- History
  2. Criminal law -- Great Britain -- History

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Law Library (3rd Floor)K/Eng.800 W889c 1978 CHECK SHELVES