Criminal Law & Procedure, General & Miscellaneous Law, Legal Theory & Philosophy

Magistrates at Work : Sentencing and Social Structure

Name: Magistrates at Work : Sentencing and Social Structure
Author: Sheila Brown
ISBN: 9780335096503

by Sheila Brown

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Focusing on juvenile courts and juvenile justice, this book explores the extent to which the social background of defendants, and the magistrate's perception of this, affects the nature of sentencing. It explores the possibility that they are sentenced on the images of their lives and not reality.

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Based on interviews with British judges, and observations of court cases, examines the social perceptions and goals that the judges in juvenile courts use to sentence defendants. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)