Walker, Nigel

Overview

Works:	57 works in 417 publications in 4 languages and 7,662 library holdings
Genres:	History Cross-cultural studies Conference papers and proceedings Biographies Autobiographies
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Other
Classifications:	HV8675, 364.6

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Nigel Walker

A man without loyalties : a penologist's afterthoughts by Nigel Walker( Book )

Most widely held works by Nigel Walker

Crime and punishment in Britain : an analysis of the penal system in theory, law, and practice by Nigel Walker( Book )

46 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 917 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Crime and insanity in England by Nigel Walker( Book )

29 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 780 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Punishment, danger and stigma : the morality of criminal justice by Nigel Walker( Book )

20 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentencing in a rational society by Nigel Walker( Book )

29 editions published between 1969 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Why punish? by Nigel Walker( Book )

24 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Examining justifications for punishment, this book reviews the classical utilitarian approach as well as the modern retributive theory. The author covers the realities of sentencing together with fundamental concerns, including such aspects as remorse and forgiveness and the humanitarian movement

Behaviour and misbehaviour : explanations and non-explanations by Nigel Walker( Book )

14 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Morale in the civil service; a study of the desk worker by Nigel Walker( Book )

18 editions published between 1961 and 1977 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A short history of psychotherapy in theory and practice by Nigel Walker( Book )

24 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Crime and criminology : a critical introduction by Nigel Walker( Book )

16 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Public attitudes to sentencing : surveys from five countries( Book )

11 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentencing : theory, law and practice by Nigel Walker( Book )

19 editions published between 1985 and 1996 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Examining the contrast between penological theory, the state of the law, and what actually happens in court and after sentence, this edition covers recent developments, including the Criminal Justice Act 1991, the Criminal Justice Act 1993, and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Crimes, courts and figures; an introduction to criminal statistics by Nigel Walker( Book )

11 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book is an introduction to UK and American criminal justice statistics for the non-statistician, covering both the sources of criminal justice data, and the challenges and difficulties of use and analysis

Dangerous people( Book )

7 editions published in 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is an examination of how the courts, parole boards and mental health tribunals deal with violent or sexual offenders who are regarded as "dangerous". The book covers violence as the norm, sexual molesters, the mentally disordered, violence, bailing, and sentencing the dangerous

Aggravation, mitigation, and mercy in English criminal justice by Nigel Walker( Book )

6 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Offering a comment on the justification for sentences, this work refutes jurisprudential attacks on the propriety of mercy, and discusses the shortcomings of the Court of Appeal's approaches to consistency and other principles of sentencing

The Violent offender: reality or illusion? by Nigel Walker( Book )

5 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The British jury system : papers presented to the Cropwood Round-Table Conference, December 1974 by Nigel Walker( Book )

10 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Papers presented to the Cropwood Round-Table Conference, December, 1974."--T.p

Explaining misbehaviour : an inaugural lecture by Nigel Walker( Book )

6 editions published in 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Treatment and justice in penology and psychiatry : the Sandoz Lecture 1976 by Nigel Walker( Book )

11 editions published between 1971 and 1976 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Crime and punishment in Britain : the penal system in theory, law, and practice by Nigel Walker( Book )

17 editions published between 1965 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This reprint from 1968 describes the British penal system as it existed in the 1960s. It describes how the system defined, accounted for, and disposed of offenders. As an early work in criminology, it focuses on differences between, and changes in, the views held by legislators, lawyers, philosophers, and the man in the street on the topic of crime and punishment

The aims of a penal system by Nigel Walker( Book )

7 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide