Public Attitudes: Evaluating Variables in Relation to Capital Punishment and Harsher Sentencing
By George Lee, University of Lincoln. Focusing on the United Kingdom, this dissertation will explore the punitive attitudes of the British population, particularly regarding Capital Punishment and Harsher Sentencing. The gap I aim to fill is based on British society, where capital punishment has been completely abolished for 28 years, and where there has been an increased support for harsher sentencing. There is a lack of UK studies that test the correlation between support
Aug 7
Out Of Court Disposals: An Unrealised Catalyst for Change in the Battle Against Drugs-Related Offending.
By Anya Gwen Innes Hutin, UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) . This dissertation examines out-of-court-disposals practice in England & Wales in relation to drugs-related offending and harms, particularly ahead of the new Two-Tier Plus Framework proposed by the s.98-121 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022 c.32. The paper considers the provenance of ideological crime-control politics visible in the Misuse of Drugs Act c .38 and its siphon into pol
Sep 17, 2025
The Use and Gendered Impact of Short-Term Sentences on Women.
By Rose Thorp, UCEN Manchester - Manchester Metropolitan University Short-term prison sentences are disproportionately handed to women,...
Oct 1, 2024