Policy Press

Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders

How Judges Decide when Discretion is Wide

By Diarmuid Griffin

Published

Feb 1, 2025

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1529234732

Dimensions

203 x 127 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Feb 1, 2025

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1529234749

Dimensions

203 x 127 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders

Diarmuid Griffin is Lecturer in criminal law at the University of Galway.

1. The principles of sentencing for sexual offences

2. Identifying and punishing a serious sex offender

3. Rationalising and recalibrating outcomes

4. Sentencing sex offenders to life imprisonment

5. The impact of legal constraints

6. Making sense of principle and practice

Appendix 1: Methodology