Indeterminate Sentencing: Synthesising public protection, rehabilitation and human rights obligations

dc.contributor.authorBettinson, Vanessaen
dc.contributor.authorDingwall, Gavinen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-02T12:45:46Z
dc.date.available2015-06-02T12:45:46Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractEngland and Wales, like many comparable jurisdictions, has relied increasingly upon measures designed to protect the public from offenders perceived to pose a danger. Incapacitative sentencing is inherently problematic as prediction is highly unreliable and this leads to manifest injustice when those wrongly categorised are incarcerated for lengthy periods. Alternative objectives are marginalised when public protection is paramount. This is logical: if an offender will never be released, why try to rehabilitate him? Our contention is that incapacitation should not be pursued in isolation. Taking 'natural life' sentences and Imprisonment for Public Protection as examples, we develop an argument that jurisprudence from the European Court of Human Rights allows states to adopt incapacitative strategies only where suitable rehabilitative provision is available. As provision is chronically under-resourced at present, we contend that this jurisprudence jeopardises any strategy which is solely incapacitative. Instead, what is required is a synthesis of the (apparently distinct) objectives of protecting the rights of offenders, including the right to rehabilitation, with protecting public safety.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationBettinson, V. and Dingwall, G. (2014) Indeterminate Sentencing: Synthesising public protection, rehabilitation and human rights obligations. Contemporary Issues in Law, 13 (3), pp. 215-228en
dc.identifier.issn1357-0374
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/10997
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherLawtext Publishingen
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Law, Justice and Societyen
dc.subjectHuman Rightsen
dc.subjectSentencingen
dc.subjectRisken
dc.titleIndeterminate Sentencing: Synthesising public protection, rehabilitation and human rights obligationsen
dc.typeArticleen

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