Crime 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