The leading textbook on sentencing, and the only one to integrate theory and empirical research with legislation, guidelines and case law.

Andrew Ashworth is Vinerian Professor of English Law Emeritus, University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was a member of the Sentencing Advisory Panel for eleven years and Chairman from 2007 to 2010.

1. An introduction to English sentencing; 2. Sentencing and the constitution; 3. Sentencing aims, principles and policies; 4. Elements of proportionality; 5. Aggravation and mitigation; 6. Persistence, prevention and prediction; 7. Equality before the law; 8. Multiple offenders; 9. Custodial sentencing; 10. Non-custodial sentencing; 11. Ancillary orders and civil preventive orders; 12. Special sentencing powers; 13. Procedural issues at sentencing; 14. Sentencing, guidelines and the punitive state; Appendices.