Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Defining Murder and Other Forms of Criminal Homicide 2: Origins of the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder 3: The Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder: the Status Quo 4: Making the Case For and Against the Mandatory Life Sentence 5: Public Knowledge of Trends in Crime and Punishment 6: Public Attitudes to Sentencing in Cases of Murder 7: Exploring the Relationship between Information and Attitudes to Sentencing 8: Reforming the Sentence for Murder: the Way Forward

About the Author

Barry Mitchell is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Coventry University. Julian V Roberts is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford.

Reviews

Mitchell and Roberts have provided us with an excellent review and an intellectually persuasive case.
*Cambridge Law Journal Volume 72, 2*