Julian Roberts is Emeritus Professor of at the University of Oxford. In 2022 he was appointed Kings Counsel (Honoris Causa). In 2021 he was awarded the American Society of Criminology Sellin-Glueck Award for comparative scholarship. Julian was a member of the English Sentencing Council (2010-2018). As a Foreign Advisor, his research fed into the American Law Institute's Model Sentencing Code (2017). Julian has authored, co-authored, or edited 22 books on criminal justice. A festschrift volume in his honour was published by OUP in 2025: Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Julian V Roberts.

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• Preface to the second edition 1: The origins and key features of criminal justice 2: Between the crime and the court 3: Inside the criminal courts 4: Why punish . . . and how? 5: In and out of prison 6: The future of criminal justice Appendix: Extract from Court of Appeal judgment and commentary: the case of 'Ms Barrett'

Julian Roberts is Emeritus Professor of at the University of Oxford. In 2022 he was appointed Kings Counsel (Honoris Causa). In 2021 he was awarded the American Society of Criminology Sellin-Glueck Award for comparative scholarship. Julian was a member of the English Sentencing Council (2010-2018). As a Foreign Advisor, his research fed into the American Law Institute's Model Sentencing Code (2017). Julian has authored, co-authored, or edited 22 books on criminal justice. A festschrift volume in his honour was published by OUP in 2025: Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Julian V Roberts.

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• Preface to the second edition 1: The origins and key features of criminal justice 2: Between the crime and the court 3: Inside the criminal courts 4: Why punish . . . and how? 5: In and out of prison 6: The future of criminal justice Appendix: Extract from Court of Appeal judgment and commentary: the case of 'Ms Barrett'