| Description |
xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Sentencing Reform -- 2. Sentencing Reform in the United States -- Sentencing Guidelines Are "Alive and Well" in the United States / Richard S. Frase -- American Bar Association Adopts New Sentencing Standards / Kevin R. Reitz and Curtis R. Reitz -- Washington State: A Decade of Sentencing Reform / Roxanne Lieb -- Washington Prison Population Growth Out of Control / Roxanne Lieb -- Sentencing Policy in Washington, 1992-1995 / David Boerner -- Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines - Past and Future / Debra Dailey -- Prison Population Growing under Minnesota Guidelines / Richard Frase -- Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines - 1995 Update / Debra Dailey -- Sentencing Reform in Oregon / Kathleen Bogan -- Oregon Guidelines, 1989-1994 / Kathleen Bogan and David Factor -- The Evolution of Pennsylvania's Sentencing Guidelines / John Kramer -- Pennsylvania's Sentencing Guidelines - The Process of Assessment and Revision / John Kramer and Cynthia Kempinen -- North Carolina Prisons Are Growing / Stevens H. Clarke -- North Carolina Legislature Considers Sentencing Change / Robin Lubitz -- North Carolina Legislature Adopts Guidelines / Stan C. Proband -- North Carolina Prepares for Guidelines Sentencing / Ronald F. Wright -- North Carolina Avoids Early Trouble with Guidelines / Ronald F. Wright -- Sentencing Reform in Delaware / Richard Gebelein -- Voluntary Guidelines Effective in Delaware / Thomas J. Quinn -- Sentencing Reform in Colorado - Many Changes, Little Progress / Marianne Wesson -- Utah's Conjoint Guidelines for Sentencing and Parole / Richard J. Oldroyd -- Kansas Adopts Sentencing Guidelines / David Gottlieb -- Ohio Adopts Determinate Sentencing / David Diroll -- Massachusetts, Missouri, and Oklahoma Establish Sentencing Commissions / Judy Greene -- 3. Sentencing Reform outside the United States -- Prison Populations in Western Europe / Andre Kuhn -- New Sentencing Laws Take Effect in England / Andrew Ashworth -- England Repeals Key 1991 Sentencing Reforms / Martin Wasik -- England Abandons Unit Fines / David Moxon -- Punitive Policies and Politics Crowding English Prisons / Rod Morgan -- English Sentencing since the Criminal Justice Act 1991 / Andrew Ashworth -- Sentencing Reform in Victoria / Arie Freiberg -- Truth in Sentencing in New South Wales / Angela Gorta -- Sentencing and Punishment in Australia in the 1990s / Arie Freiberg -- Sentencing and Punishment in New Zealand, 1981-1993 / T. M. Thorp -- Sentencing Reform in Canada / Anthony N. Doob -- Sentencing in South Africa / Stephan Terblanche -- Germany Reduces Use of Prison Sentences / Thomas Weigend -- Sentencing and Punishment in Germany / Hans-Jorg Albrecht -- Success in Finland in Reducing Prison Use / Stan C. Proband -- Sentencing and Punishment in Finland / Patrik Tornudd -- Sentencing and Punishment in the Netherlands / Peter J. P. Tak -- Netherlands Successfully Implements Community Service Orders / Peter J. P. Tak -- Sentencing in Switzerland / Martin Killias, Andre Kuhn and Simone Ronez -- Sentencing Reform in Sweden / Andrew von Hirsch -- 4. Race and Sentencing -- Young Black Men and the Criminal Justice System / Marc Mauer -- Racial Disparities Getting Worse in U.S. Prisons and Jails / Michael Tonry -- Forty-Two Percent of Black D.C. Males, Ages Eighteen to Thirty-Five, under Criminal Justice System Control / Jerome Miller -- Fifty-Six Percent of Young Black Males in Baltimore Under Justice System Control / Jerome Miller -- Drug Policies Increasing Racial Disparities in U.S. Prisons / Michael Tonry -- Drug Policies Causing Racial and Ethnic Differences in Federal Sentencing / Douglas McDonald and Kenneth E. Carlson -- Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System / Carl Pope -- One in Three Young Black Men Is Ensnared in the Justice System / Marc Mauer and Tracy Huling -- 5. Public Opinion and Sentencing -- American Attitudes about Punishment: Myth and Reality / Julian V. Roberts -- Survey Shows Alabamians Support Alternatives / John Doble -- Delawareans Favor Prison Alternatives / John Doble and Stephen Immerwahr -- Pennsylvanians Prefer Alternative to Prison / Steve Farkas -- Oregonians Support Alternatives for Nonviolent Offenders / Jen Kiko Begasse |
| Analysis |
Alternatives to imprisonment United States |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States |
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Prison sentences |
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Prison sentences United States |
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Prisons Overcrowding United States |
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Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Blacks |
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Imprisonment alternatives |
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Law reform |
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Prison conditions |
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Public opinion |
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Racial discrimination |
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Sentencing |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) |
| Subject |
Alternatives to imprisonment -- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Prison sentences -- United States.
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Prison sentences.
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Prisons -- Overcrowding -- United States.
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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States.
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| Author |
Hatlestad, Kathleen.
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Tonry, Michael H.
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| LC no. |
96008403 |
| ISBN |
0195107861 |
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019510787X (alk. paper) |
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