This author team of leading experts — Allan Manson, Patrick Healy, Gary Trotter, Julian Roberts, and Dale Ives — has developed a casebook for law school and criminology courses that offers a comprehensive analysis of sentencing law and principles in Canada. New developments and trends are identified and critically examined. The multidisciplinary approach embraced by the authors provides a depth of understanding to students of both law and social sciences.

• An Introduction to Punishment: Philosophy and Objectives
• Judicial Methodology and the Legislative Context
• Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
• Facts of the Offence for Sentencing
• Sources of Information Relating to the Offender
• Victim Participation in the Sentencing Process
• Plea Discussions and Joint Submissions
• Absolute and Conditional Discharges
• Probation
• Monetary Sanctions: Fines and Restitution
• Imprisonment
• Conditional Sentence of Imprisonment
• Collateral Sentencing Orders
• Sentencing for Murder
• Preventive Detention and Preventive Supervision
• Aboriginal Offenders
• Appeals
• Parole and Early Release
• Prisoners and the Review of Penitentiary and Parole Decision Making