Journal article
Sentencing for Murder
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In 1965, it was thought that nothing less than a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment would be an acceptable replacement for the death penalty for murder in England and Wales. It was assumed that anything else would have led to a significant loss of public confidence in the criminal justice system. The authors have recently conducted what is believed to be the first survey in this country that tests this assumption, as well as the extent of public knowledge and belief of the current system...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 141-158
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1464-3529
- ISSN:
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0007-0955
- Source identifiers:
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306968
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- 2012
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