Decarcerative policy. Soft on crime?

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: 1,7, Swansea University (College of Law), course: Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, language: English, abstract: When it comes to sentencing offenders, the general public is quick to demand the highest possible sentencing available, and tends to focus on retaliation and public security ra...