Title Penal sanctioning in the United States : explaining cross-state differences / Frederique A. Laubepin

Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Criminal justice: recent scholarship Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 199 Summary Laubepin investigates differences in the scope of penal sanctioning in the American states over a thirty-year period. Her analyses replicate and expand prior research examining the determinants of incarceration rates, and explore whether this theoretical framework can be usefully applied to back-end sentencing (parole revocation). She finds that states have responded to similar policy problems with solutions shaped by local social, political, economic and cultural conditions. Not only are these dynamics historically contingent, but they also play out differently at the front and back ends of t Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Imprisonment -- United States -- States Prison sentences -- United States -- States Corrections -- United States -- States Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- States Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology. Corrections -- U.S. states Criminal justice, Administration of -- U.S. states Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- U.S. states Imprisonment -- U.S. states Prison sentences -- U.S. states United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781593327941 1593327943

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