In this book a group of leading authorities in the field address the key issues surrounding the future of sentencing in Britain, in the light particularly of the highly influential Halliday Report.

Preface 1. Reconsidering sentencing and punishment in England and Wales 2. Public opinion and sentencing policy 3. Relations between lay and professional judiciary: now and Auld 4. Taking account of race, ethnicity and religion 5. Setting sentencing policy through guidelines 6. The uses of imprisonment 7. Reinventing community penalties: the role of communication 8. Revisiting ex-prisoner re-entry: a buzzword in search of a narrative 9. The Halliday Report and persistent offenders 10. Record-enhanced sentencing in England and Wales: reflections on the Halliday Report's proposed treatment of prior convictions Appendix: summary of conference discussions