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Graeme Brown, Criminal sentencing as practical wisdom

Graeme Brown, Criminal sentencing as practical wisdom Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology Book Review 2019, Vol. 52(2) 308–310 ! The Author(s) 2018 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0004865818766796 journals.sagepub.com/home/anj Graeme Brown, Criminal sentencing as practical wisdom. Hart Publishing: Oxford, 2017; 281 ppþ xiii. ISBN 9781509902613 £86.40 (hbk) Reviewed by: Lorana Bartels, University of Canberra, Australia This book is based on Brown’s PhD thesis, for which he interviewed 25 judges in Scotland about the sentencing process. It is divided into an introduction and seven chapters that provide a well-written and comprehensive insight into sentencing in Scotland. The book commences with an overview of previous research on judicial sentencing decision-making in England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, and Australia, as well as examples of judicial officers declining to be involved in such research. Brown sets out the methodology for his research in Chapter Two, including issues in relation to gaining access. I could particularly relate to this section, as I also interviewed judicial officers for my PhD, speaking with 16 of the then 18 judicial officers in Tasmania about their views on suspended sentences. The sentencing methodologies adopted in Canada and Australia are detailed in Chapter Three. These countries were selected because, like Scotland, they retain a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology Book Review 2019, Vol. 52(2) 308–310 ! The Author(s) 2018 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0004865818766796 journals.sagepub.com/home/anj Graeme Brown, Criminal sentencing as practical wisdom. Hart Publishing: Oxford, 2017; 281 ppþ xiii. ISBN 9781509902613 £86.40 (hbk) Reviewed by: Lorana Bartels, University of Canberra, Australia This book is based on Brown’s PhD thesis, for which he interviewed 25 judges in Scotland about the sentencing process. It is divided into an introduction and seven chapters that provide a well-written and comprehensive insight into sentencing in Scotland. The book commences with an overview of previous research on judicial sentencing decision-making in England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, and Australia, as well as examples of judicial officers declining to be involved in such research. Brown sets out the methodology for his research in Chapter Two, including issues in relation to gaining access. I could particularly relate to this section, as I also interviewed judicial officers for my PhD, speaking with 16 of the then 18 judicial officers in Tasmania about their views on suspended sentences. The sentencing methodologies adopted in Canada and Australia are detailed in Chapter Three. These countries were selected because, like Scotland, they retain a

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Published: Jun 1, 2019

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