The politics of imprisonment [[electronic resource] ] : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / / Vanessa Barker
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Barker Vanessa
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| Titolo: |
The politics of imprisonment [[electronic resource] ] : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / / Vanessa Barker
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365/.973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Criminal justice, Administration of - United States - States |
| Criminals - United States - States | |
| Imprisonment - United States - States | |
| Equality - United States | |
| Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States - States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Imprisonment and the democratic process -- Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency -- The case of California : neopopulism and retribution -- Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation -- New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism -- Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differences among them are vast. For example, while some states enforce mandatory minimum sentencing, some even implementing harsh and degrading practices, others rely on community sanctions. What accounts for these differences? The Politics of Imprisonment seeks to document and explain variation in America |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of imprisonment |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988807-8 |
| 1-282-27064-8 | |
| 9786612270642 | |
| 0-19-970846-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454317403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in crime and public policy.