Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Published April 18, 2026 | Version v2 Journal article Open Contemporary Penal Policy in the United Kingdom: Crisis Governance, Judicial Doctrine and Human Rights Constraints (2024–2026) Authors/Creators Sudip Halder Dr. Babita Baeraiya Description The existence of institutional crisis, the legislative intervention, judicial doctrine and the supranational human rights restriction have caused a deep-rooted change in the modern penal policy in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 and the Sentencing Act 2026 will be one transformation to a variant of the penal model, which is both selective severity and controlled decarceration. Meanwhile, the jurisprudence of the UK Supreme Court, particularly R v Hayes ; R v Palombo and the normative restrictions implied by the European Court of Human Rights [ECtHR] overturns the primacy of proportionality, human dignity and due process. This postulate is based on a synthesis of both empirical criminology and theories of penalty that contemporary penal policy in the UK is a form of the so-called crisis-constitutional penalty, in which punishment is structured according to institutional limitations and through multi-dimensional legalisation, instead of being ordered by a coherent criminal logic. Files MRR20264441.pdf Files (355.4 kB) Name Size Download all MRR20264441.pdf md5:a64b4be46b435ca4fbe02762266a005b 355.4 kB Preview Download 92 Views 75 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 92 56 Downloads Total downloads 75 53 Data volume Total data volume 28.8 MB 20.6 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords Contemporary Penal Policy, Crisis Governance, Judicial Doctrine, Human Rights Constraints, Sentencing Reform (UK). Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19643219 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19643219) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19643219.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19643219 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19643219"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19643219.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19643219.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19643219 Resource type Journal article Publisher Indian Journal of Modern Research and Revie Published in Indian Journal of Modern Research and Revie, 4(4), 171-173, ISSN: 2584-184X, 2026. Languages English Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. Read more Citation Export Technical metadata Created April 18, 2026 Modified April 18, 2026 Jump up About About Policies Infrastructure Principles Projects Roadmap Contact Blog Blog Support Help FAQ Developers REST API OAI-PMH Contribute GitHub Donate Funded by Powered by CERN Data Centre & InvenioRDM Status Privacy policy Cookie policy Terms of Use This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies Accept all cookies Accept only essential cookies