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An Introduction to Criminal Justice

by Jamie Harding, Pamela Davies and George Mair

Student Resources

  • Chapter 2: Criminal Justice since 1945: A Brief History
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 3: Definitions and the Counting of Crime
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 4: Purposes of the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 5: Characteristics of Offenders
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 6: Diversity and the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 7: Media Representations of Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 8: Government, Governance and Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 9: Researching Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 10: Community Safety and Crime Prevention
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 11: Policing
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 12: Policing as Part of a Multi-agency Approach
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 13: Prosecution and the Alternatives
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 14: Criminal Courts
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 15: Community Sentences
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 16: Imprisonment
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 17: Parole and Release from Prison
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 18: Youth Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 19: Dealing with Complaints and Misconduct
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 20: Supporting Victims and Witnesses
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 21: Does the Criminal Justice Process Work?
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 22
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Podcasts
  • Study skills

Weblinks

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Additional learning resources

A wide range of statistics is published by the Ministry of Justice and these are available on the MoJ website: 

The Sentencing Guidelines Council was replaced in April 2010 by the Sentencing Council: 

The Halliday report (2001): 

Three reports about the use of the two new sentences, the community order and the suspended sentence order, are available at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies website:

www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/use-and-impact-community-order-and-suspended-sentence-order

www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/community-order-and-suspended-sentence-order-views-and-attitudes-sentencers

www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/community-order-and-suspended-sentence-order-three-years-views-and-experiences

The report of the Coulsfield inquiry (2004): 

Useful websites for information about sentencing

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies:   

The Prison Reform Trust: 

The Howard League for Penal Reform: 

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