
Criminal Justice: An Examination - A Conversation with Julian Roberts
By Howard BurtonLength1h 31m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth conversation with 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:
I. Sentencing and Deterrence - Considerable ambiguity
II. Plea Bargaining - Reasonable or worrying?
III. Involving the Victim - An additional perspective
IV. Punishment - Parole, prisons and philosophy
V. Comparing and Contrasting - Best and worst practices
VI. Towards the Future - Progress?
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of a series of 100 Ideas Roadshow Conversations. Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenrePolitics and Government, Psychology
Length1 hr 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
10Questions for Discussion:
2A Note on the Text
11IV. Punishment
3Introduction
12Questions for Discussion:
4The Conversation
13V. Comparing and Contrasting
5I. Sentencing and Deterrence
14Questions for Discussion:
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6Questions for Discussion:
15VI. Towards the Future
7II. Plea Bargaining
16Questions for Discussion:
8Questions for Discussion:
17Continuing the Conversation
9III. Involving the Victim
