Published
Apr 1, 2025Page count
160 pagesISBN
978-1529234732Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Apr 1, 2025Page count
160 pagesISBN
978-1529234749Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders
Addressing a lack of high-quality sentencing information in Ireland, this important book explores the factors that influence judges to impose a sentence of long-term imprisonment in sexual offence cases.
Judges have made it clear that sentences of 15 years to life imprisonment are to be reserved for offending that is ‘truly egregious’. Griffin, using a sample of 106 serious sexual offence cases, examines what this means in practice. The book is designed to be used in the classroom and the court, as well as providing a solid evidence base to inform policy-makers.
Diarmuid Griffin is Lecturer in criminal law at the University of Galway.
1. The Apex of Seriousness
2. Getting to Guidance
3. Deconstructing Sentences
4. Sentencing Crimes Committed Against Adult Victims
5. Sentencing Crimes of Child Sexual Abuse
6. Factoring in Judges
7. Conclusion
