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Titolo: |
Sentencing reform in overcrowded times : a comparative perspective / / edited by Michael Tonry & Kathleen Hatlestad
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.60973 |
364.65 | |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Altri autori: |
TonryMichael H
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Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sentencing reform in overcrowded times ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-772048-X |
1-280-52902-4 | |
0-19-534445-6 | |
1-4294-1531-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824727003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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