Meaning Of Sentencing

Explaining the Meaning of ‘sentencing’

Nicola Padfield, from the University of Cambridge, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Criminal Justice and Human Rights,” under the title “Explaining the Meaning of ‘sentencing’”. Here is the abstract: This presentation will build on the work which a number of colleagues published in the European Journal of Probation in January 2012 (I was the Editor of that special issue), exploring the rules in various European countries which permit the re-imprisonment of those who have been allowed conditional or early release from a prison sentence. In England and Wales, there is an everincreasing focus on the law and practice of ‘sentencing’, but only on the initial or ‘front door’ sentence imposed on an offender in court. This paper will explore the importance of seeing ‘sentencing’ as an ongoing process, looking in comparative perspective at both theoretical and practical reasons for arguing that sentencers should not only be interested in (trained in) imposing the ‘right’ sentence, but also in supervising the implementation of that sentence, and maintaining an interest in how ‘well’ they work. The paper explores both empirical research and constitutional theory.[rtbs name=”criminology”]

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• “Explaining the Meaning of ‘sentencing’”, by Nicola Padfield (Proceedings)