‘Dragonisation’ revisited: A progressive criminal justice policy in Wales?

Public confidence in the New South Wales criminal justice system

This bulletin describes a survey of public attitudes on levels of sentencing and whether the NSW criminal justice system is achieving its various aims. Consistent with previous research, a high proportion (66%) of respondents felt that sentences imposed on convicted offenders are either ‘a little too lenient’ or ‘much too lenient’. Most were either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ confident that the criminal...

Intuitions of Justice: Implications for Criminal Law and Justice Policy

Recent social science research suggests that many if not most judgments about criminal liability and punishment for serious wrongdoing are intuitional rather than reasoned. Further, such intuitions of justice are nuanced and widely shared, even though they concern matters that seem quite complex and subjective. While people may debate the source of these intuitions, it seems clear that, whateve...

Rehabilitating Criminal Justice Policy and Practice

For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a “get tough” approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and instead have led to a rapidly growing correctional system that has strained government budgets. The inability of reliance on official punishment to deter crime is understandable within the context of the psychology of hu...

Drug Policy, Criminal Justice and Mass Imprisonment

Title : Managing Meaning : Metaphor in Criminal Justice Policy