Sentencing reform in overcrowded times [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative perspective / / edited by Michael Tonry & Kathleen Hatlestad

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450805903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 1-280-52902-4; 0-19-534445-6; 1-4294-1531-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TonryMichael H; HatlestadKathleen
• Disciplina: 364.60973; 364.65
• Soggetti: Prison sentences; Prison sentences - United States; Alternatives to imprisonment - United States; Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States; Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States; Prisons - Overcrowding - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; ONE: Sentencing Reform; Sentencing Reform in the United States; Sentencing Reform outside the United States; TWO: Sentencing Reform in the United States; National Developments; Washington State; Minnesota; Oregon; Pennsylvania; North Carolina; Delaware; Other States; THREE: Sentencing Reform outside the United States; Prison Populations in Western Europe; England; Australia; Other English-Speaking Countries; Germany; Finland; The Netherlands; Other European Countries; FOUR: Race and Sentencing; Young Black Men and the Criminal Justice System; Racial Disparities Getting Worse in U.S. Prisons and Jails Forty-Two Percent of Black D.C. Males, Ages Eighteen to Thirty-Five, under ; Criminal Justice System Control; Fifty-Six Percent of Young Black Males in Baltimore Under Justice System Control; Drug Policies Increasing Racial Disparities in U.S. Prisons; Drug Policies Causing Racial and Ethnic Differences in Federal Sentencing; Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System; One in Three Young Black Men Is Ensnared in the Justice System; FIVE: Public Opinion and Sentencing; American Attitudes about Punishment: Myth and Reality; Survey Shows Alabamians Support Alternatives Delawareans Favor Prison Alternatives; Pennsylvanians Prefer Alternatives to Prison; Oregonians Support Alternatives for Nonviolent Offenders; References; Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries, and Western Europe, by national and international authorities. The articles originally appeared in ""Overcrowding Times"", and include issues such as sentencing policy, practice, and institutions.