The Independent Sentencing Review’s reforms are in the right direction

Ross, Lewis ORCID: 0000-0001-9683-9924 (2025) The Independent Sentencing Review’s reforms are in the right direction. British Politics and Policy at LSE (02 Jun 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The Government’s new Independent Sentencing Review aims to reform the way the justice system punishes offenders by moving away from high sentences and towards punishment in the community. Lewis Ross argues that such reforms are in the right direction and in line with academic evidence about the inefficacy of high sentences in reducing crime, but argues that the Government should be cautious around public messaging and distance itself from odd suggestions such as “chemical castration”.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2025 15:12
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2025 15:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128688

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