Mitigation and aggravation at sentencing
edited by Julian V. Roberts.
- Cambridge : C.U.P, 2011.
- 285 p.
Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Punishing, more or less: exploring aggravation and mitigation at sentencing Chapter 2. Re-evaluating the justifications for aggravation and mitigation at sentencing Chapter 3. The search for principles of mitigation: integrating cultural demands Chapter 4. Personal mitigation and assumptions about offending and desistance Chapter 5. Intoxication as a sentencing factor: mitigation or aggravation? Chapter 6. Beyond the partial excuse: Australasian approaches to provocation as a sentencing factor Chapter 7. Equality before the law: racial and social background factors as sources of mitigation at sentencing Chapter 8. Personal mitigation: an empirical analysis in England and Wales Chapter 9. Exploring public attitudes to sentencing factors in England and Wales Chapter 10. The pernicious impact of perceived public opinion on sentencing: findings from an empirical study of the public’s approach to personal mitigation Chapter 11. Addressing problematic sentencing factors in the development of guidelines Chapter 12. Proof of aggravating and mitigating facts at sentencing Chapter 13. Mitigation in federal sentencing in the United States Chapter 14. The discretionary effect of mitigating and aggravating factors: A South African case study Index