Sentencing and Punishment Law
This stream aims to highlight issues and debates in sentencing and punishment, with regard to both adults and minors. Contributions about jurisdictions other than England and Wales would be very welcome. The following issues serve purely as examples of the kind of topics that would be relevant: public perceptions of sentencing; the role of prior convictions; equality and impact as sentencing principles; the work of YOTs; early intervention in youth justice; strategies for reducing the use of custody; the impact of imprisonment on prisoners’ families; research on community punishments; the New Penology; and conflicts between risk management and other aims of sentencing.
Informal enquiries about the stream should be sent to Gavin Dingwall or Karen Harrison. If you would like to present a paper, please send a brief abstract via e-mail to both of the stream organisers by the 31st January 2008. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and should include the title and a brief outline of the paper, as well as your name, professional affiliation and between three and five keywords suitable for indexing and online search purposes.
Gavin Dingwall
Department of Law
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
(0116) 257 7175
Karen Harrison
School of Law
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY
(0117) 32 82095
Tel: +44 (0)
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