Structuring Sentencing in Canada, England and Wales: A Tale of Two Jurisdictions

Journal article

Over the last century, all common law countries have experienced a movement away from a highly discretionary sentencing environment to one in which judicial discretion is more constrained. (For general discussion of structured sentencing, see chapter 6 of A. von Hirsch, A. Ashworth and J. V. Roberts (eds), Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy (3rd edn, Oxford: Hart, 2009).) Some jurisdictions have transformed their sentencing environments by introducing relatively inflexible a...

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Authors: Roberts, J

• Journal: Criminal Law Forum
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 319-345
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10609-012-9186-0
• EISSN: 1572-9850
• ISSN: 1046-8374
• Language: English