Barry Mitchell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5407263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry Mitchell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitchell |
| SIGNATURE | MITCHELL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coventry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0689-9008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sentencing for Murder: Exploring Public Knowledge and Public Opinion in England and Wales
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 pu…
Multiple Wrongdoing and Offence Structure: A Plea for Consistency and Fair Labelling
Crimes come in all shapes and sizes, but relatively little work has been done on offence structure – Robinson’s recent functional analysis is perhaps the one obvious exception. This article concentrates on incidents of multiple wrongdoing and suggests that the current substantive law is both inconsistent and confusing. Burglary, for example, is unnecessarily narrowly defined and should be expanded to include broadly similar scenarios. The law is …
Rethinking English Homicide Law
The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law, and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law-reform agencies. This book brings together six English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of homicide, and deals with such important topics as the definition of murder, the relevance of mental-abnormality provocation, unintentional killings, defences, and sentencing. It also c…
Public Perceptions of Homicide and Criminal Justice
This article offers an account of a recent quantitative survey1 of public opinion on homicide and the criminal justice system. The survey set out to test the assumptions made in substantive criminal law that the public recognize variation in moral culpability between homicides and that these variations should be reflected in separate offences carrying separate sentencing provisions. If this fundamental assumption is well founded, the survey furth…
Preparing Life Sentence Prisoners for Release
This article is based on a research study carried out for the Home Office and is concerned with the custodial part of a life sentence of life imprisonment, or its equivalent. It assumes that a significant proportion of lifers will be released on licence. This study seeks to assess the existing procedures and arrangements for preparing lifers for release. How effectively are the needs of lifers identified and addressed so as to maximise their chan…
Murder and Penal Policy
Based on a two-part study, this book examines the courts' interpretation of murder and the management of those serving life sentences for murder. It discusses the law, legal reforms, life imprisonment
Public Perceptions of Homicide and Criminal Justice
This article offers an account of a recent quantitative survey1 of public opinion on homicide and the criminal justice system. The survey set out to test the assumptions made in substantive criminal law that the public recognize variation in moral culpability between homicides and that these variations should be reflected in separate offences carrying separate sentencing provisions. If this fundamental assumption is well founded, the survey furth…
Sentencing for Murder: Exploring Public Knowledge and Public Opinion in England and Wales
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 pu…
Murder and Penal Policy
Based on a two-part study, this book examines the courts' interpretation of murder and the management of those serving life sentences for murder. It discusses the law, legal reforms, life imprisonment
Preparing Life Sentence Prisoners for Release
This article is based on a research study carried out for the Home Office and is concerned with the custodial part of a life sentence of life imprisonment, or its equivalent. It assumes that a significant proportion of lifers will be released on licence. This study seeks to assess the existing procedures and arrangements for preparing lifers for release. How effectively are the needs of lifers identified and addressed so as to maximise their chan…
Public Perceptions of Homicide and Criminal Justice
This article offers an account of a recent quantitative survey1 of public opinion on homicide and the criminal justice system. The survey set out to test the assumptions made in substantive criminal law that the public recognize variation in moral culpability between homicides and that these variations should be reflected in separate offences carrying separate sentencing provisions. If this fundamental assumption is well founded, the survey furth…
Rethinking English Homicide Law
The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law, and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law-reform agencies. This book brings together six English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of homicide, and deals with such important topics as the definition of murder, the relevance of mental-abnormality provocation, unintentional killings, defences, and sentencing. It also c…
Multiple Wrongdoing and Offence Structure: A Plea for Consistency and Fair Labelling
Crimes come in all shapes and sizes, but relatively little work has been done on offence structure – Robinson’s recent functional analysis is perhaps the one obvious exception. This article concentrates on incidents of multiple wrongdoing and suggests that the current substantive law is both inconsistent and confusing. Burglary, for example, is unnecessarily narrowly defined and should be expanded to include broadly similar scenarios. The law is …
Sentencing for Murder: Exploring Public Knowledge and Public Opinion in England and Wales
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 pu…
Criminology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Criminal law (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works)