Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders: How Judges Decide when Discretion is Wide

Name: Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders: How Judges Decide when Discretion is Wide
Brand: Bristol University Press
SKU: 9781529234732
Price: 598.50 HKD
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Author: Diarmuid Griffin
ISBN: 9781529234732

By Diarmuid Griffin

Bristol University Press April 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781529234732
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication: April 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Addressing a lack of high-quality sentencing information in Ireland, this important book explores the factors that influence judges to impose a sentence of long-term imprisonment in sexual offence cases.

Judges have made it clear that sentences of 15 years to life imprisonment are to be reserved for offending that is ‘truly egregious’. Griffin, using a sample of 106 serious sexual offence cases, examines what this means in practice. The book is designed to be used in the classroom and the court, as well as providing a solid evidence base to inform policy-makers.

1. The principles of sentencing for sexual offences

2. Identifying and punishing a serious sex offender

3. Rationalising and recalibrating outcomes

4. Sentencing sex offenders to life imprisonment

5. The impact of legal constraints

6. Making sense of principle and practice

Appendix 1: Methodology

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