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The Penal System

Sixth Edition
by Michael Cavadino, James Dignan, George Mair and Jamie Bennett

Student Resources

  • Key Legislation
    • Transforming Youth Custody 2013
    • Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014
    • Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
  • Weblinks
    • Legislation
    • Official Parliamentary Reports on Penal Matters
    • Government Sources
    • Major Penal Agencies and Organisations
    • Penal Reform Organisations
    • Law Reform Organisations and Reviews
    • Useful Academic Sites
    • Other Useful Sites
  • Further Reading
    • Chapter One: Crisis? What crisis?
    • Chapter Two: Justifying punishment
    • Chapter Three: Explaining punishment
    • Chapter Four: Sentencing: the crux of the crisis
    • Chapter Five: Punishment in the community
    • Chapter Six: Prisons and the penal crisis
    • Chapter Seven: Early release: the penal system's safety valve
    • Chapter Eight: The youth justice system
    • Chapter Nine: Diversity and bias in the criminal justice system
    • Chapter Ten: Solving the crisis?

Chapter Ten: Solving the crisis?

Hough, M. and Roberts, J. V. (1999), ‘Sentencing Trends in Britain: Public Knowledge and Public Opinion’, Punishment & Society, 1: 11-26.

Roberts, J. V. and Hough, M. (2011), ‘Custody or Community? Exploring the Boundaries of Public Punitiveness in England and Wales’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11(2), 181-197.

Fox, C., Albertson, K. and Wong, K. (2013), ‘Justice Reinvestment and its Potential Contribution to Criminal Justice Reform’, Prison Service Journal, 207: 34-46.

Prison Service Journal Special Edition: The Future of Prisons (May 2017).

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