Sentencing Corrections

Author : Joan Petersilia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190241446
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections written by Joan Petersilia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: 2012. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2015.

Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guidelines Manual written by United States Sentencing Commission and published by . This book was released on 1988-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pamela K. Lattimore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000204758
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Moving Corrections and Sentencing Forward written by Pamela K. Lattimore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses major issues and research in corrections and sentencing with the goal of using previous research and findings as a platform for recommendations about future research, evaluation, and policy. The last several decades witnessed major policy changes in sentencing and corrections in the United States, as well as considerable research to identify the most effective strategies for addressing criminal behavior. These efforts included changes in sentencing that eliminated parole and imposed draconian sentences for violent and drug crimes. The federal government, followed by most states, implemented sentencing guidelines that greatly reduced the discretion of the courts to impose sentences. The results were a multifold increase in the numbers of individuals in jails and prisons and on community supervision—increases that have only recently crested. There were also efforts to engage prosecutors and the courts in diversion and oversight, including the development of prosecutorial diversion programs, as well as a variety of specialty courts. Penal reform has included efforts to understand the transitions from prison to the community, including federal-led efforts focused on reentry programming. Community corrections reforms have ranged from increased surveillance through drug testing, electronic monitoring, and in some cases, judicial oversight, to rehabilitative efforts driven by risk and needs assessment. More recently, the focus has included pretrial reform to reduce the number of people held in jail pending trial, efforts that have brought attention to the use of bail and its disproportionate impact on people of color and the poor. This collection of chapters from leading researchers addresses a wide array of the latest research in the field. A unique approach featuring responses to the original essays by active researchers spurs discussion and provides a foundation for developing directions for future research and policymaking.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sentencing & Corrections written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Beth M. Huebner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429881460
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on the Consequences of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions written by Beth M. Huebner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook on the Consequences of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions, the third volume in the Routledge ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Series, includes contemporary essays on the consequences of punishment during an era of mass incarceration. The Handbook Series offers state-of-the-art volumes on seminal and topical issues that span the fields of sentencing and corrections. In that spirit, the editors gathered contributions that summarize what is known in each topical area and also identify emerging theoretical, empirical, and policy work. The book is grounded in the current knowledge about the specific topics, but also includes new, synthesizing material that reflects the knowledge of the leading minds in the field. Following an editors’ introduction, the volume is divided into four sections. First, two contributions situate and contextualize the volume by providing insight into the growth of mass punishment over the past three decades and an overview of the broad consequences of punishment decisions. The overviews are then followed by a section exploring the broader societal impacts of punishment on housing, employment, family relationships, and health and well-being. The third section centers on special populations and examines the unique effects of punishment for juveniles, immigrants, and individuals convicted of sexual or drug-related offenses. The fourth section focuses on institutional implications with contributions on jails, community corrections, and institutional corrections.

Author : Lynn S. Branham
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases and Materials on the Law of Sentencing, Corrections, and Prisoners' Rights written by Lynn S. Branham and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn S. Branham
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780314198846
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases and Materials on the Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections, 2008 Supplement written by Lynn S. Branham and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Author : Thomas F. Courtless
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corrections and the Criminal Justice System written by Thomas F. Courtless and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text integrates law with policies and practices, seeking consistently to show that corrections is an integral part of American criminal justice. Throughout, the systematic impact of changes in law, policies, and practices is discussed, with an emphasis on the law of corrections, including issues such as sentencing procedures, proportionality of sentences, cruel and unusual punishments, and prisoner's rights. Changes in the law over time are presented and analyzed. The author's on-the-job experience and extensive teaching experience have created an extremely well-rounded text.

Author : Norval Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195361193
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Prison and Probation written by Norval Morris and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-09-12 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity and, in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with about one million people in prison and jail, and two and a half million on probation, it is clear we are experiencing a crisis in our penal system. In Between Prison and Probation, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, two of the nation's leading criminologists, offer an important and timely strategy for alleviating these problems. They argue that our overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the flow of convicted offenders because the two extremes of punishment--imprisonment and probation--are both used excessively, with a near-vacuum of useful punishments in between. Morris and Tonry propose instead a comprehensive program that relies on a range of punishment including fines and other financial sanctions, community service, house arrest, intensive probation, closely supervised treatment programs for drugs, alcohol and mental illness, and electronic monitoring of movement. Used in rational combinations, these "intermediate" punishments would better serve the community than our present polarized choice. Serious consideration of these punishments has been hindered by the widespread perception that they are therapeutic rather than punitive. The reality, however, Morris and Tonry argue, "is that the American criminal justice system is both too severe and too lenient--almost randomly." Systematically implemented and rigorously enforced, intermediate punishments can "better and more economically serve the community, the victim, and the criminal than the prison terms and probation orders they supplant." Between Prison and Probation goes beyond mere advocacy of an increasing use of intermediate punishments; the book also addresses the difficult task of fitting these punishments into a comprehensive, fair and community-protective sentencing system.

Author : Michael H. Tonry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Indeterminate and Structured Sentencing written by Michael H. Tonry and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: