Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons
Author : Paula M. Ditton
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Prison sentences
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Author : Paula M. Ditton
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Prison sentences
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Author : Paula M. Ditton
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Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Prison sentences
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Author : Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309298018
After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, their families and communities, and for U.S. society. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. This study makes the case that the United States has gone far past the point where the numbers of people in prison can be justified by social benefits and has reached a level where these high rates of incarceration themselves constitute a source of injustice and social harm. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines policy changes that created an increasingly punitive political climate and offers specific policy advice in sentencing policy, prison policy, and social policy. The report also identifies important research questions that must be answered to provide a firmer basis for policy. This report is a call for change in the way society views criminals, punishment, and prison. This landmark study assesses the evidence and its implications for public policy to inform an extensive and thoughtful public debate about and reconsideration of policies.
Author : Michael H. Tonry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Alternatives to imprisonment
ISBN : 019510787X
The articles in this collection originally appeared in the journal “Overcrowded Times”. They provide an overview of sentencing policy, practices, and institution in the United States, other English-speaking countries (Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa), and Europe.
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : United States Sentencing Commission
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Page : 556 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
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Author : United States
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
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Author : Sandra Shane-DuBow
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Page : 190 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Prison sentences
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Corrections
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Government publications
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