Sentencing in England and Wales -- Conceptualising consistency in sentencing -- Dangers of discretion : empirical evidence of inconsistency -- Are individualised justice and consistency incompatible? -- When is a sentencing decision 'discretionary' and how should that discretion be structured? -- Statutory methods of structuring judical discretion at sentencing -- Structuring judicial discretion through the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) -- Structuring discretion through sentencing guidelines : do the Sentencing Council's guidelines promote greater consistency -- Achieving consistency in sentencing.
Summary:
Achieving consistency in sentencing examines the sentencing system in England and Wales and evaluates its dominant principles of retributive proportionality with elements of consequentialist theory; arrives at a theoretically sound and practically functional definition of consistency to promote greater flexibility of discretion at sentencing, and identifies key lessons and methods for achieving greater consistency in sentencing.
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