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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783268603321

Autore

Tonry Michael

Titolo

Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-281-34683-7

0-19-535011-1

1-60256-427-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FraseRichard S

Disciplina

345/.0772

364.65

Soggetti

Punishment

Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Punishment Policies and Patterns in Western Countries; 1 Three Strikes and You're Out-It's Not Cricket: Colonization and Resistance in Australian Sentencing; 2 The Decline of English Sentencing and Other Stories; 3 Sentencing and Punishment in Finland: The Decline of the Repressive Ideal; 4 Sentencing and Punishment in The Netherlands; 5 Sentencing and Punishment in Germany; 6 The Disassembly and Reassembly of U.S. Sentencing Practices; 7 Comparative Perspectives on Sentencing Policy and Research; 8 Post-Adjudication Dispositions in Comparative Perspective

9 International Standards for Sentencing and Punishment10 International Controls on Sentencing and Punishment; 11 The Project of Sentencing Reform; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives on sentencing policy developments, among other topics. Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries provides a range of scholars and students excellent cross-national knowledge of



sentencing laws and practices, when and why they have changed over time, and with what effects.