TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the growth in the prison population in England and Wales
AU - Millie, Andrew
AU - Jacobson, Jessica
AU - Hough, Mike
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This study examines why the prison population in England and Wales has been rising steeply and progressively at a time when crime rates and court workloads have been falling. It concludes that while many factors are at work, the key drivers of the rise are sentencers’ increased readiness to pass custodial sentences, and when they do so, to pass longer sentences. The changes are a result of an increasingly punitive climate of opinion about crime and punishment, and inter-related changes to legislation, sentencing guidance and guideline judgments.
AB - This study examines why the prison population in England and Wales has been rising steeply and progressively at a time when crime rates and court workloads have been falling. It concludes that while many factors are at work, the key drivers of the rise are sentencers’ increased readiness to pass custodial sentences, and when they do so, to pass longer sentences. The changes are a result of an increasingly punitive climate of opinion about crime and punishment, and inter-related changes to legislation, sentencing guidance and guideline judgments.
U2 - 10.1177/146680250334003
DO - 10.1177/146680250334003
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1748-8966
VL - 3
SP - 369
EP - 387
JO - Criminology and Criminal Justice
JF - Criminology and Criminal Justice
IS - 4
ER -
