Making Sense of Sentencing.

On 3 September 1996, Bill C-41 was proclaimed in force, initiating one significant step in the reform of sentencing and parole in Canada. This is the first book to provide an overview of the law.

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Main Author: Cole, David P.
Other Authors: Roberts, Julian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction to Sentencing and Parole
  • 2 An Overview of Bill C-41 (The Sentencing Reform Act)
  • 3 Legislating the Purpose and Principles of Sentencing
  • 4 Conditional Sentences
  • 5 Conditional Sentencing: Issues and Problems
  • 6 Conditional Sentencing: Recent Developments
  • 7 Sentencing Options in Canada
  • 8 Sentencing Trends and Sentencing Disparity
  • 9 Sentencing Mentally Ill Offenders
  • 10 Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: Some Critical Issues
  • 11 Punishing Female Offenders and Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes
  • 12 Sentencing Black Offenders in the Ontario Criminal Justice System
  • 13 The Role of Victims in the Sentencing Process
  • 14 Appellate Review of Sentencing Decisions
  • 15 Sentencing and Conditional Release
  • 16 Conditional Release from Imprisonment
  • 17 Sentencing and Early Release Arrangements for Offenders Convicted of Murder
  • 18 Sentencing Alternatives
  • 19 Federal Sentencing in America
  • 20 Sentencing Reform: Ten Years after the Canadian Sentencing Commission
  • 21 Sentencing Reform: Where Are We Now?
  • References.