Cyrus Tata

Phone01415483274
Emailcyrus.tatastrath.acuk

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

•Sentencing Processes

•Penal Policy and Penal Decision-Making

•Pre Sentence Processes

•Executive Release from prison

•Criminal Process including plea decision-making, legal aid, prosecution and defence work

•Access to Justice

•Law, Discretion and Justice

•The Use of Information and Communications Technology in Decision-Making

36 Article
20 Commissioned report
12 Chapter
5 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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2024
Guilty pleas, sentencing and sentence 'discounting': who is sentence 'discounting' really for?
Tata, C. & Gormley, J., 16 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) The Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice . Langer, M., McConville, M. & Wright, L. (eds.). Cheltenham, p. 264-277 14 p. (Research Handbooks on Criminal Law and Justice series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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2023
Understanding penal decision-making: courts, sentencing and parole
Padfield, N. & Tata, C., 21 Sept 2023, The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Liebling, A., Maruna, S. & McAra, L. (eds.). 7 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 674-695 22 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Locating the ideal defendant: punishment, violence and legitimacy
Field , S. & Tata, C., 23 May 2023, Criminal Justice and the Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility. Field, S. & Tata, C. (eds.). Oxford, p. 3-27 25 p. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
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Punishment and the 'blind symbiosis' of legal and rehabilitation work in the making of the 'ideal' defendant
Tata, C., 23 May 2023, Criminal Justice and the Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility. Field, S. & Tata, C. (eds.). Oxford, p. 213-237 25 p. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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2022
Restorative Justice Training Needs Analysis for Scotland: Report to the Scottish Government
Chapman, T., Nascimento, T. & Tata, C., 1 Aug 2022, 52 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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The Methodological Challenges of Comparative Sentencing Research: Literature Review
Gormley, J., Roberts, J., Pina-Sánchez, J., Tata, C. & Navarro, A., 19 May 2022, Edinburgh. 83 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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The Potential and Pitfalls of Comparative Sentencing Research
Tata, C., 19 May 2022, Edinburgh
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Assessing Approaches to Sentencing Data and Analysis: Final Report
Gormley, J., O' Malley, T., Roberts, J., Spohn, C. & Tata, C., 5 May 2022, Dublin. 178 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Assessing Methodological Approaches to Sentencing Data & Analysis: Report 3: Recommendations
Gormley, J., O' Malley, T., Roberts, J., Spohn, C. & Tata, C., 28 Apr 2022, Dublin. 48 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Assessing Methodological Approaches to Sentencing Data & Analysis: Report 2: USA, England and Wales, and Scotland
Gormley, J., O' Malley, T., Roberts, J., Spohn, C. & Tata, C., 9 Feb 2022, Dublin. 63 p.
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2021
Assessing Methodological Approaches to Sentencing Data & Analysis: Report 1: Ireland
Gormley, J., O' Malley, T., Roberts, J., Spohn, C. & Tata, C., 31 Dec 2021, Dublin. 59 p.
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Remorse and sentencing in a world of plea bargaining
Gormley, J. & Tata, C., 29 Nov 2021, Remorse and Criminal Justice : Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives. Tudor, S., Weisman, R., Proeve, M. & Rossmanith, K. (eds.). London, p. 40-66 27 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Public Perceptions of Sentencing Sexual Offences in Scotland: Qualitative Research Exploring Sexual Offences
Biggs, H., Reid, S., Attygalle, K., Vosnaki, K., McPherson, R. & Tata, C., 31 Jul 2021, Edinburgh. 67 p.
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Public Perceptions of Sentencing: Qualitative Research Exploring Causing Death by Driving Offences
Reid, S., Biggs, H., Attygalle, K., Vosnaki, K., McPherson, R. & Tata, C., 1 Feb 2021, Edinburgh. 79 p.
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Sexual Offences Involving Rape
McPherson, R., Burgess, N., Gormley, J. & Tata, C., 1 Feb 2021, Parliament House, Edinburgh. 52 p.
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Sexual Offences Involving Sexual Assault
McPherson, R., Gormley, J., Burgess, N. & Tata, C., 1 Feb 2021, Parliament House, Edinburgh. 50 p.
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2020
Sentence Discounting: Sentencing and Plea Decision-Making
Gormley, J., McPherson, R. & Tata, C., 1 Dec 2020, Edinburgh. 55 p.
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Sentencing : A Social Process: Re-thinking Research and Policy
Tata, C., 23 Jan 2020, 1 ed. Cham, Switzerland. 190 p. (Socio-Legal Series)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2019
Humanising punishment? Mitigation and "case-cleansing" prior to sentencing
Tata, C., 1 Dec 2019, In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series. 9, 5, p. 659-683 25 p.
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7 Citations (Scopus)

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Public Perceptions of Sentencing: National Survey Report
Black, C., Warren, R., Ormston, R. & Tata, C., 30 Sept 2019, Edinburgh. 64 p.
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Sentencing & penal policy: ending prison as the default
Tata, C., 30 Jun 2019, Probation Quarterly, 12, p. 33-36 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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To plead? or not to plead? 'Guilty' is the question. Re-thinking plea decision-making in anglo-american countries
Gormley, J. & Tata, C., 24 Jun 2019, Handbook on Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century. Spohn, C. & Brennan, P. (eds.). New York, NY, p. 208-234 26 p.
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'Ritual individualisation': creative genius at sentencing, mitigation and conviction
Tata, C., 31 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Law and Society. 46, 1, p. 112-140 29 p.
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28 Citations (Scopus)

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Selling 'alternatives to prison' to judicial consumers: why the market logic fails
Tata, C., 31 Mar 2019, Probation Quarterly, 11, p. 39-42 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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2018
Reducing prison sentencing through pre-sentence reports? Why the quasi-market logic of 'selling alternatives to custody' fails
Tata, C., 31 Dec 2018, In: The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice (formerly The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice). 57, 4, p. 472-494 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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11 Citations (Scopus)

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Causing Death by Driving Offences: Literature Review
McPherson, R. & Tata, C., 1 Oct 2018, Edinburgh. 43 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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2017
Sentencing and release from prison: the end of 'authomatic early release'?
Tata, C., 28 Jul 2017, Inside Time.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
Just Emotions? The need for emotionally-intelligent justice policy
Tata, C. & Jamieson, F., 13 Apr 2017, Scottish Justice Matters, 5, 1, p. 32-33 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

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2016
Sentencing and plea bargaining: guilty pleas versus trial verdicts
Tata, C. & Gormley, J. M., 2 Nov 2016, Oxford Handbooks Online: Criminology & Criminal Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 29 p.
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How can prison sentencing be reduced?
Tata, C., 1 Mar 2016, Scottish Justice Matters, 4, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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Sentencing and release from prison: the end of ‘automatic early release’?
Tata, C., 9 Feb 2016, Scottish Justice Matters.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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2015
Sentencing and penal policy in the new Scotland: consultation on extending the presumption against short custodial sentences
Tata, C., Dec 2015, Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice , p. 1-13 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

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A way forward on sentencing, rehabilitation and imprisonment
Tata, C., 6 Oct 2015
Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Blog Post
A way forward on sentencing, rehabilitation and imprisonment
Tata, C., 25 Sept 2015, Holyrood.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Sentencing and the allure of imprisonment: why rehabilitation should not be a ground for custodial sentencing
Tata, C., 23 Sept 2015, Scottish Justice Matters.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2013
Beyond the revolving court door: is it time for problem-solving courts?
Tata, C., 30 Jun 2013, Scottish Justice Matters, 1, 1, p. 17-18 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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Sentencing, welfare and justice: what can and do pre-sentence reports achieve in sentencing
Tata, C., 2013, In: Ryukoku Corrections and Rehabilitation Center Journal. 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The struggle for sentencing reform: will the English guidelines model spread?
Tata, C., 2013, Sentencing Guidelines: Exploring the English Model. Ashworth, A. & Roberts, J. V. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 236-256 21 p.
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2012
The failure of recall to prison: early release, front-door and back-door sentencing and the revolving prison door in Scotland
Weaver, B., Tata, C., Munro, M. & Barry, M., 1 Mar 2012, In: European Journal of Probation. 4, 1, p. 85-98 14 p.
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19 Citations (Scopus)

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Evaluation of the Reforms to Summary Criminal Legal Assistance and Disclosure
Bradshaw, P., Sharp, C., Duff, P., Tata, C., Barry, M., Munro, M. & McCrone, P., 2012, Edinburgh. 108 p. (Social Research Series)
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2011
Sentencing and release from prison: the Custodial Sentences and Weapons Act
Tata, C. & Thomson, D., 31 Mar 2011, SCOLAG Journal, 401, p. 57 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Les rapports présentenciels et leur réception par les juridictions pénales: rune echerche écossaise
Translated title of the contribution: Sentence reports and their reception by the criminal courts: A Scottish researchTata, C., Burns, N., Halliday, S., Hutton, N. & Mcneill, F., 2011, In: Actualite Juridique Penal. 9, p. 395-401 7 p., 9.
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2010

Sentencing and penal practices: Is Scotland losing its distinctiveness?
Tata, C., 13 Dec 2010, Criminal Justice in Scotland . Croall, H., Mooney, G. & Munro, M. (eds.).
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A sense of justice: the role of pre-sentence reports in the production (and disruption) of guilt and guilty pleas
Tata, C., Jul 2010, In: Punishment and Society. 12, 3, p. 239-261 23 p.
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26 Citations (Scopus)

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Connecting legal and social justice in the neo-liberal world? the construction interpretation and use of pre-sentence reports
Tata, C. & Field , S., Jul 2010, In: Punishment and Society. 12, 3, p. 235–238 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)
A sentencing exception? Changing sentencing policy in Scotland
Hutton, N. & Tata, C., Apr 2010, In: Federal Sentencing Reporter. 22, 4, p. 272-278 7 p.
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2009
Risk, responsibility and reconfiguration: penal adaptation and misadaptation
McNeil, F., Burns, N., Halliday, S., Hutton, N. & Tata, C., Oct 2009, In: Punishment and Society. 11, 4, p. 419-442 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
132 Citations (Scopus)
Street-level bureaucracy, interprofessional relations, and coping mechanisms: a study of criminal justice social workers in the sentencing process
Halliday, S., Burns, N., Hutton, N., McNeill, F. & Tata, C., Oct 2009, In: Law and Policy. 31, 4, p. 405-428 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
80 Citations (Scopus)
Institutional consistency: appeal court judgements
Tata, C., 2 Mar 2009, Principle sentencing: Readings on theory and policy. Von Hirsch, A., Ashworth, A. & Roberts, J. (eds.). 3rd ed. p. 276-279 4 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2008
Assisting and advising the sentencing decision process: the pursuit of 'quality' in pre-sentence reports
Tata, C., Burns, N., Halliday, S., Hutton, N. & McNeill, F., Nov 2008, In: The British Journal of Criminology. 48, 6, p. 835-855 21 p.
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