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Sentencing reform in overcrowded times : a comparative perspective / / edited by Michael Tonry & Kathleen Hatlestad



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Titolo: Sentencing reform in overcrowded times : a comparative perspective / / edited by Michael Tonry & Kathleen Hatlestad Visualizza cluster
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  
HatlestadKathleen  
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.