Criminal Justice: An Examination is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. Julian Roberts is an international expert on sentencing throughout the common-law world and is strongly involved in connecting scholars with practitioners as well as promoting greater public understanding of sentencing. This thought-provoking conversation covers a wide range of topics related to criminal justice, including plea bargaining, the involvement of victims in criminal sentencing procedures, victim impact statements, parole, sentencing multiple and repeat crimes, community-based sentencing, alternate dispute resolution, rehabilitation, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Copping a Plea, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
- Sentencing and Deterrence – Considerable ambiguity
- Plea Bargaining – Reasonable or worrying?
- Involving the Victim – An additional perspective
- Punishment – Parole, prisons and philosophy
- Comparing and Contrasting – Best and worst practices
- Towards the Future – Progress?
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Criminal Justice: An Examination is also part of the five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection, Conversations About Law, which is available in hardcover, paperback and electronic format.
