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| Published date | 01 March 1997 |
| Date | 01 March 1997 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455059704400115 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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For
a
handy
summary,
analysis
and
critique
of
the
Crime
(Sentences)
Bill,
currently
in
disputed
Parliamentary
passage,
which
will
introduce
minimum
sentences
and
automatic
life
sentences,
transform
the
early
release
system,
abolish
the
requirement
of
offenders’
consent
to
community
orders,
introduce
the
’hybrid’
sentence
for
mentally
disordered
offenders,
extend
curfew
orders
with
tagging
to
juveniles
aged
under
16,
allow
the
public
naming
of
juveniles,
and
empower
community
service
and
curfew
orders
for
fine
defaulters,
see
the
Penal
Affairs
Consortium
guide,
February
1997,
from
PAC,
169
Clapham
Road,
London
SW9
OPU.
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The
Tavistock
Marital
Studies
Institute
presents
a
Day
Conference
on
Supervision
and
Management:
Can
There
Be
a
Creative
Partnership?
for
managers,
supervisors
and
supervisees
in
statutory
and
voluntary
agencies,
on
Tuesday
15
April
1997,
presenters
to
include
Lynette
Hughes
and
Paul
Pengelly,
£65.
Details
from
TMSI:
120
Belsize
Lane,
London
NW3
5BA.
Bristol
University’s
Domestic
Violence
Research
Group
offers
a
two
day
seminar
on
Inter-Agency
Work
on
Domestic
Violence,
Police,
Probation
and
Criminal
Justice
Responses,
on
13-14
May
1997,
£279
(including
accommodation).
Details
from
SPS,
Rodney
Lodge,
Grange
road,
Bristol
BS8
4EA.
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The
Institute
of
Mental
Health
Law
now
has
pages
on
the
World
Wide
Web
with
details
of
recent
case
law,
current
inquiries
into
the
care
of
patients
where
serious
problems
or
fatalities
have
occurred,
publications,
training
and
other
initiatives.
Visit
their
website
at
www. imhl. com.
;.,
Legal
Aid
in
Criminal
Proceedings
by
James
Parry
(Butterworths,
1997,
£25),
though
aimed
primarily
at
solicitors
and
magistrates’
clerks,
offers
a
comprehensive
guide
to
the
system,
often
a
cause
of
puzzlement
and
frustration
for
probation
clients
who
are
unable
to
secure
state
aided
representation,
even
if
their
case
has
been
remanded
for
a
PSR,
or
are
obliged
to
contributed
to
their
legal
aid
costs.
It
details
in
particular
the
’means’
and
’merits’
tests,
the
Legal
Aid
Area
Board
reviews
and
enforcement
of
contributions
orders,
and
appendices
reproduce
the
relevant
legislation
and
guidance,
including
the
Duty
Solicitor
arrangements.
£
#
#
* ,
Probation
officers
at
a
loss
when
asked
about
the
criminal
appeal
system
when
clients
are
unclear
where
they
stand,
especially
when
their
legal
aid
has
ceased,
can
now
access
How to
Appeal,
a
plainly
written
booklet
by
Justice
based
on
their
experience
of
advising
prisoners
challenging
conviction
or
sentence,
aiming
to
provide
answers
to
the
most
frequently
posed
queries
and
including
examples
of
grounds
of
appeal
which
the
court
can
consider,
the
time
scale
within
which
to
appeal
and
the
necessary
appeal
forms.
From
59
Carter
Lane,
London
EC4V
5AQ,
£2.50.
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