Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-503) and index.
Contents
New penology and new policies -- Just constraints? sentencing discretion and retributivist principles -- 'Just deserts' : developments in retributivist sentencing -- Utility and deterrence -- Risk and danger -- Making amends -- Mitigating the sentence? -- Treating children differently -- Justice in the modern prison -- Equality and difference in punishment -- Experiencing imprisonment -- Just punishment in the community -- Punishing young offenders -- Future directions.