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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815944103321

Autore

Zimring Franklin E

Titolo

Incapacitation : penal confinement and the restraint of crime / / Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-771941-4

1-280-47006-2

0-19-802526-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Earl Warren Legal Institute study

Altri autori (Persone)

HawkinsGordon <1919->

Disciplina

365/.973

Soggetti

Imprisonment - United States

Prisons - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.

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

This is a comprehensive assessment of American penal systems and the restraint of crime.