Uses and Consequences of a Criminal Conviction Going on the Record of an Offender /

• Main Author: Fitzgerald O'Reilly, Margaret (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Corrections.; Punishment.; Victimology.; Human rights.; Criminology.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Police.; Prison and Punishment.; Human Rights and Crime .; Criminal Justice.; Policing.

This book examines the increasing retention and use of previous criminal record information, within and beyond the criminal justice system. There remains a misconception that once an offender has served the penalty for an offence, his or her dealings with the law and legal system in relation to that...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Criminological and Penological Perspectives
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Mapping the Criminological and Penological Landscape
• Part II. Criminal Record from PreTrial to Post Punishment
• Pretrial
• 3. Policing the Criminal Record
• 4. The Role of Criminal Record in Bail
• Trial and Sentencing
• 5. The Criminal Record on Trial
• 6. Sentencing on Criminal Record
• Part III. The Aftermath of Punishment and Release
• 7. Post-Release Monitoring of Ex-Offenders in the Community
• 8. Collateral Consequences of a Conviction and Circuits of Exclusion
• 9. Conclusion.