Megan Lindsay Brown, MSW, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Scholar advised by Dr. Jill Messing in
the Office of Gender-based Violence at Arizona State University. Dr. Brown's research …

In most common-law jurisdictions world-wide, an offender's remorse is a well-settled
mitigating factor in sentencing, with judges obliged to take it into account when formulating …

Anglo-American justice systems are marked by the importance of adversarial principles,
including evidentially contested trials. An adversarial approach is often said to be the best …

Research on law and emotion has flourished in the last quarter of a century, underpinned by
a range of theoretical and philosophical approaches. The field, while deeply …

Names: Spohn, Cassia, editor.| Brennan, Pauline Katherine, 1967–editor. Title: Handbook
on sentencing policies and practices in the 21st century/Cassia Spohn & Pauline K …

Germaine Greer's essay On Rape (2018) was always supposed to provoke. Commissioned
by Melbourne University Press as part of its On monograph series of novella-length essays …

This chapter focuses on the judicial evaluation of remorse. It is an article of faith that judges
can and should evaluate remorse when determining sentence. Although the dynamics of …

This chapter combines candid reflections on the author's experience as a working
magistrate, learning his trade and attempting, under pressure, to gauge remorse while …

In a 2004 paper, Greene and Cohen predicted that neuroscience would revolutionise
criminal justice by presenting a mechanistic view of human agency that would change …

This book contains essays considering how micro-celebrity works around the world. I am the
person who coined the term “micro-celebrity.” This makes me an expert of sorts. It also …