This book is now Out of Print.
A new edition has been published, the details can be seen here:
Sentencing Referencer 2008 isbn 9781847035097

Subjects:

Criminal Law

Contents:

Part 1

Absolute Discharge-see Conditional Discharge

Action Plan Order

Activation of Suspended Sentence-see Suspended Sentence

Adjournment

Advance Indication of Sentence

Age of Offender

Aggravated Drug Trafficking

Alteration of Sentence

Antecedents Statements

Anti-Social Behaviour Order on Conviction

Assistance to Prosecutor

Attendance Centre Order

Automatic Life Sentence

Banning Orders

Binding Over

Breach of Community Orders

Breach of Supervision Order

Combination Orders-see Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order

Committal for Sentence

Community Order-Breach-see Breach of Community Orders

Community orders-Criminal Justice Act 2003-breaches of orders and re-offending

Community orders-Criminal Justice Act 2003-general criteria

Community orders-Criminal Justice Act 2003-offenders previously remanded in custody

Community orders-Criminal Justice Act 2003 -requirements

Community order-General Requirements

Community order-Subsequent Offence

Community Punishment Order

Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Orders

Community Rehabilitation Order

Community Service Order-see Community Punishment Order

Compensation Order

Conditional Discharge

Conditional Discharge-subsequent conviction

Confiscation order-Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offences committed before November 1, 1995)

Confiscation Order-Drug Trafficking Act 1994

Confiscation orders-Postponement of Proceedings

Confiscation Order-Proceeds of Crime Act 1995 (Offences committed on or after November 1, 1995)

Confiscation Order-Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Consecutive Sentences

Curfew Order

Custodial sentences-Criminal Justice Act 2003-General criteria

Custodial Sentences-Statutory Criteria

Dangerous offenders-see Specified offences

Default terms (Crown Court)

Deferment of Sentence

Deportation-see Recommendation for Deportation

Deprivation of Property

Detention and Training Order

Detention under Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, s.91

Detention in a Young Offender Institution

Discount for Guilty Plea

Disparity of Sentence

Disqualification from Directing Company

Disqualification from Driving-Discretionary

Disqualification from Driving-General Power

Disqualification from Driving-obligatory

Disqualification from Driving-Penalty Points

Disqualification from Driving-vehicle used for crime

Disqualification Order

Drink banning order

Drug Abstinence Order

Drug Treatment and Testing Order

Early Release-Criminal Justice Act 1991

Early Release-Criminal Justice Act 2003

Exclusion Order

Exclusion Orders (licensed premises)

Extended Licence

Extended Sentence

Extradited Offenders

Financial Circumstances Order

Financial Reporting Order

Fines

Football Banning Orders-see Banning Order

Forfeiture Orders-Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Guardianship order

Hospital and Limitation Direction

Hospital Order

Interim Hospital Order

Legal Representation

Life Imprisonment

Longer than Commensurate Sentences

Magistrates' Courts' powers-Custodial sentence

Maximum sentence

Minimum term

Murder

Newton Hearings

Offences taken into Consideration

Parenting Order

Parents and Guardians

Prescribed Custodial Sentence-burglary

Prescribed Custodial Sentence-drug trafficking offences

Pre-Sentence Drug Testing

Pre-Sentence Reports

Previous Convictions

Probation Order-see Community Rehabilitation Order

Prosecution Costs

Racially or Religiously Aggravated Crimes

Reasons for sentence

Recommendation for Deportation

Referral Orders

Remand to Hospital for Psychiatric Reports

Remand to Hospital for Psychiatric Treatment

Remitting a Juvenile

Reparation Order

Required Minimum Sentence-possessing prohibited weapon

Restitution Order

Restraining Order

Restriction Orders (Mental Health Act 1983)

Return to Custody

Sentencing Guidelines

Sexual Offences Prevention Order

Sexual Offenders-notification requirements

Sexual Orientation or Disability

Specified Offences-adult offenders

Specified Offences-young defendants

Supervision Order

Suspended Sentence

Suspended Sentence-activation

Suspended Sentence-supervision orders

Suspended sentence order

Time on Remand

Time on remand-Criminal Justice Act 2003

Travel restriction order

Violent and Sexual Offences-see Longer than Commensurate Sentences

Young Offender Institution-see Detention in a Young Offender Institution.

Part 2 –

Maximum Sentences

Part 3 –

Charts and Tables

This new edition incorporates provisions of new legislation including:-

• the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
• the Road Safety Act 2006
• the Fraud Act 2006

It continues to provide full covereage of the Powers of the criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, where it is still in force, and the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and deals with the problem of deciding which Act applies in a given case.

New topics covered for the first time in the 2007 edition are assistabce to prosecutor, drink banning orders and youth community orders. New maximum sentences and offences under the Fraud Act 2006 are included, together with minimum sentences for firearms offences.

In addition, Sentencing Referencer 2007:

• enables you to see which Act applies to the case you are working on
• emphasises thrroughout, the dates from which particular provisions apply
• includes and updated table of maximum penalties for common indictable offences
• supplies diagrams and flowcharts on certain subjects such as confiscation provisons and dealing with young offenders
• cross referenced to Archbold and Current sentencing Practice