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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811044503321

Autore

Auerhahn Kathleen <1970->

Titolo

Selective incapacitation and public policy [[electronic resource] ] : evaluating California's imprisonment crisis / / Kathleen Auerhahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8641-9

1-4175-3872-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies

Disciplina

364.6/09794

Soggetti

Imprisonment - Government policy - California

Criminal justice, Administration of - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Selective Incapacitation and Public Policy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: The Criminal in Society: Penal Response and Rationale -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Criminal Punishment in Civil Society: Purpose and Method -- 3. Criminal Sentencing Policy and Paradigm Change in California -- Part II: Incapacitation and Dangerousness -- 4. Selective Incapacitation -- 5. Dangerousness -- 6. Assessing the Level of Dangerousness in the Criminal Justice System -- Part III: Evaluating the Past, Choosing the Future -- 7. Modeling the California Criminal Justice System, Part I: Reproducing and Evaluating the Past -- 8. Modeling the California Criminal Justice System, Part II: Predictive Evaluation -- 9. Conclusion: Choosing California's Future -- Technical Appendix A: Data Sources and Estimation Procedures -- Technical Appendix B: Example of Simulation Model Code -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- TECHNICAL APPENDIX A -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Using cutting-edge methodologies, this book evaluates California's measures to protect the public from dangerous criminals.