Towards effective sentencing

Download or read book Towards effective sentencing written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Select Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains oral evidence given in relation to the Committee's inquiry into sentencing policy by Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. It also includes written evidence submitted by a range of organisations including the Home Office, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Crown Prosecution Service, Criminal Bar Association, the Howard League for Penal Reform, JUSTICE, the Parole Board, the Police Federation, the Prison Governors' Association, the Prison Reform Trust, and the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.