Download or read book The Penal Crisis and the Clapham Omnibus written by David J. Cornwell and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is restorative justice ... and does it work? These are just two of the many questions posed by David J Cornwell in this incisive work. Based on a lifetime of research and experience it deals with the concerns about crime and punishment of that most vivid of judicial creations, The Man or Woman on the Clapham Omnibus. As the author explains, this human reference point for reason and good sense is likely to be far more receptive to sound explanation and argument than the media (and tabloid press in particular) might give credit. And after all, it is his or her taxes which are being routinely wasted on outmoded or discredited methods. Crime will not disappear through the application of heavy-handed sanctions. Indeed, they make matters worse. With prisons overflowing in many western countries, restorative justice offers a better and ultimately more intuitive solution. Cornwell dismantles the traditional arguments for locking people away and undermines the idea that it is necessary to be tough on crime. The book credits people with a higher level of intelligence. It provides them with proper answers and explanations based on sound data, copious research and an in-depth analysis of existing trends. It is a work for people who value credibility rather than politically-driven excuses with their increasingly damaging effects.
Download or read book A History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales written by John Hostettler and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An introduction to the rich history of criminal justice charting all its main developments from the dooms of Anglo-Saxon times to the rise of the Common Law, struggles for political, legislative and judicial ascendency and the formation of the innovative Criminal Justice System of today." "The book looks at the Rule of Law, the development of the criminal courts and the people who work in them, police forces, the jury, judges, magistrates, crime and punishment. It deals with all the iconic events of criminal justice history and reform to show how criminal justice evolved." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Youth Justice and The Youth Court written by Mike Watkins and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique guide to the entire youth justice process so far as it affects youth crime and ways of dealing with it, including substantial chapters on crime prevention, the youth court, sentencing, the preventative and post-court roles of young offender panels and youth offending teams. So far as we are aware this is the first book to look at the entire system in this holistic way.The book takes full account of the changes introduced by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (anticipated implementation date 30 November 2009). A dynamic treatment which also touches on the key issues affecting the topic.Featuring the latest implementation guidance, including the 'scaled approach' to the new youth rehabilitation order. A must for all practitioners of youth justice, students and those who wish to be reliably up to date with a fast-changing subject.Also includes a Glossary of Words, Phrases, Acronyms and Abbreviations - the language of youth justice.With a Foreword by Chris Stanley, one of the UK's leading youth justice experts.
Download or read book The Coming Penal Crisis written by A. E. Bottoms and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Penal Crisis and the Clapham Omnibus written by David J. Cornwell and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for a wide readership, this book looks at the problems that have led to the penal crisis in the UK. It argues that informed media and public opinion - including much chatter on the Clapham omnibus - has finally 'turned the corner' and that the time is ripe for a concerted pragmatic U-turn in criminal justice policy-making based increasingly on well understood restorative justice principles. The Penal Crisis and the Clapham Omnibus poses questions and tries to give straightforward answers to matters that commonly arise in discussions about restorative justice and argues that the idea of resistance from the public to more enlightened approaches to 'doing justice' is misplaced.
Download or read book Doing Justice Better written by David J. Cornwell and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an escalating number of criminals going to prison, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and an eclectic penal policy, there is a prison crisis. In this book, the author argues that this penal malaise is grounded in media sensationalism of crime and the need of politicians and their advisers to retain electoral credibility. Change is long overdue, but it requires a fresh, contemporary penology based on restorative justice. This book challenges the status quo, asks 'different questions' and places victims of crime at the centre of the criminal justice process.
Download or read book Silently Silenced written by Thomas Mathiesen and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for those people who are interested in democratic processes particularly in relation to criminology, sociology or the law. This book features the theme that there exist silent, imperceptible methods and processes of silencing opposition which are structural, which do not have clear-cut limits but are subtly unbounded.
Download or read book Punishment Under Pressure written by Bob Broad and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that while certain aspects of the probation service community developments are suitable for addressing social problems in inner city areas, progressive probation practices retain innovatory status. The book examines the construction and presentation of Social Inquiry Reports, anti-racisim, group work, probation clients and unemployment, the disproportionate number of black people in custodial institutions and inter-agency work.
Download or read book Prison Service Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Death Penalty written by David K. Garfield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Capital punishment has been debated as good practice vs. bad practice for many years. Is it an effective learning method, or not? Is it humane or inhumane? These are questions that have been asked by the political powers, psychologists, and the average living citizen. Countless case studies and research is out there for hours upon hours to get to the bottom of the actual effectiveness of this particular procedure. In this book, we will take a deep look at capital punishment and let the reader decide his/her side of this everlasting argument. "The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in the USA" is not only intended to give the reader knowledge about capital punishment in the USA, but also an overview of the history of its use globally. A deep focus however, is to gain insight into why the practice appears to be so ingrained into the American penal system. Capital punishment has evolved through the 20th century and the methods of execution differ from before; i.e. how capital justice is dispensed & where. Also how the death penalty fits into the broader social dynamic of the United States; discussing both the objective and subjective arguments for and against capital punishment in the modern world. You will discover: The History Of Capital Punishment ; The Effects Of Capital Punishment ; Where Capital Punishment Still Exist Today ; Social Aspects Of Capital Punishment ; Does It Work Or Doesn't It Work? ; The Future Of Capital Punishment. You are about to get some a wide perspective of unique views into the world of capital punishment. After reading, your eyes will be wide open no matter which side your argument is supporting."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book The Trial of the Kaiser written by William Schabas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From renowned scholar William A. Schabas, this title sheds light on perhaps the most important international trial that never was: that of Kaiser Wilhelm II following the First World War. Schabas draws on numerous primary sources hitherto unexamined in published work, to craft a history of the very beginnings of international criminal justice.
Download or read book The Least Worst Place written by Karen Greenberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the Washington Post Book World's Best Books of 2009, The Least Worst Place offers a gripping narrative account of the first one hundred days of Guantanamo. Greenberg, one of America's leading experts on the Bush Administration's policies on terrorism, tells the story through a group of career officers who tried--and ultimately failed--to stymie the Pentagon's desire to implement harsh new policies in Guantanamo and bypass the Geneva Conventions. Peopled with genuine heroes and villains, this narrative of the earliest days of the post-9/11 era centers on the conflicts between Gitmo-based Marine officers intent on upholding the Geneva Accords and an intelligence unit set up under the Pentagon's aegis. The latter ultimately won out, replacing transparency with secrecy, military protocol with violations of basic operation procedures, and humane and legal detainee treatment with harsh interrogation methods and torture. Greenberg's riveting account puts a human face on this little-known story, revealing how America first lost its moral bearings in the wake of 9/11.
Download or read book Risk Issues and Crisis Management in Public Relations written by Michael Regester and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reputation of an organisation influences who we buy from, work for, supply to and invest in. Intangible assets, of which reputation forms an important part, account for well over 50 per cent of the value of the Fortune 500 and even more in the case of the FTSE 100. This fourth edition of Risk Issues and Crisis Management in Public Relations has been completely revised and aims to define reputation, explores how to value it and provides practical guidelines for effective reputation management. This latest edition features new sections on the effects of recent world events, Corporate Social Responsibility, climate change and sustainability, legal revisions and the use of the Internet in a crisis. Featuring new case studies on Oxfam V Starbucks, Sony, Dell, Ribena, BP, Bernard Matthews and the bird flu issue, Northern Rock, Walmart, Celebrity Big Brother 07, the Cadbury Salmonella outbreak, the Virgin train crash and the Buncefield Oil Explosion, the book charts how rapidly the reputation management agenda moves and yet how slowly business learns.
Download or read book The Use of Force in UN Peace Operations written by Trevor Findlay and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most vexing issues that has faced the international community since the end of the Cold War has been the use of force by the United Nations peacekeeping forces. UN intervention in civil wars, as in Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Rwanda, has thrown into stark relief the difficulty of peacekeepers operating in situations where consent to their presence and activities is fragile or incomplete and where there is little peace to keep. Complex questions arise in these circumstances. When and how should peacekeepers use force to protect themselves, to protect their mission, or, most troublingly, to ensure compliance by recalcitrant parties with peace accords? Is a peace enforcement role for peacekeepers possible or is this simply war by another name? Is there a grey zone between peacekeeping and peace enforcement? Trevor Findlay reveals the history of the use of force by UN peacekeepers from Sinai in the 1950s to Haiti in the 1990s. He untangles the arguments about the use of force in peace operations and sets these within the broader context of military doctrine and practice. Drawing on these insights the author examines proposals for future conduct of UN operations, including the formulation of UN peacekeeping doctrine and the establishment of a UN rapid reaction force.
Download or read book Restorative Justice Theory and Practice written by Theo Gavrielides and published by Criminal Justice Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study examines the harmful gap between the theory of restorative justice (RJ) and its application in programs in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere. Data were obtained from four surveys of restorative justice practitioners, using a combination of qualitative methodologies, including questionnaire responses, interviews and focus groups.
Download or read book Far Eastern Economic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 1772 73 British Credit Crisis written by Paul Kosmetatos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays remembered mostly through Adam Smith’s references to the short-lived Ayr Bank in the Wealth of Nations, the 1772-3 financial crisis was an important historical episode in its own right, taking place during a pivotal period in the development of financial capitalism and coinciding with the start of the traditional industrialisation narrative. It was also one of the earliest purely financial crises occurring in peacetime, and its progress showed an impressive geographical reach, involving England, Scotland, the Netherlands and the North American colonies. This book uses a variety of previously unpublished archival sources to question the bubble narrative usually associated with this crisis, and to identify the mechanisms of financial contagion that allowed the failure of a small private bank in London to cause rapid and severe distress throughout the 18th century financial system. It re-examines the short and turbulent career of the Ayr Bank, and concludes that its failure was the result of cavalier liability management akin to that of Northern Rock in 2007, rather than the poor asset quality alleged in existing literature. It furthermore argues that the Bank of England’s prompt efforts to contain the crisis are evidence of a Lender of Last Resort in action, some thirty years before the classical formulation of the concept by Henry Thornton.
