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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454628403321

Autore

Zimring Franklin

Titolo

Incapacitation [[electronic resource] ] : Penal Confinement and the Restraint of Crime

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-47006-2

0-19-802526-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy Incapacitation

Altri autori (Persone)

HawkinsGordon <1919-2004.>

Disciplina

364.6

365.973

365/.973

365973

Soggetti

Imprisonment

Prisons

Imprisonment - United States

Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. CONCEPTS; 1. Dominance by Default; 2. The Short History of an Idea; 3. Elements of Theory; 4. The Jurisprudence of Incapacitation; II. RESEARCH; 5. Strategies of Research; 6. Imprisonment and Crime in California; III. POLICY; 7. Of Cost and Benefit; 8. Incapacitation and Imprisonment Policy; Appendix: Estimated Offenses Avoided per Additional Year of Confinement, California, 1981-90; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

An assessment of incapacitation in which the authors expose the increasing reliance on restraint to justify imprisonment, analyse the existing theoretical literature and empirical research on incapacitation's effects, and explore the links between incapacitation and criminal



justice policy. In the STUDIES IN CRIME AND PUBLIC POLICY series.