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Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection

A report on the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP).

  • Price: £5

  • ISBN: 978-1-905994-01-4

  • Published: 2007

  • Pages: 32

  • Publisher: The Howard League for Penal Reform

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2007

Drawing on a range of sources, including public documents and interviews, this report illustrates that the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) has been ill-conceived and is ultimately flawed.

The system is unable to support the numbers being sentenced under the IPP provisions, creating difficulties for the criminal justice system on a range of levels.

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