Sentencing Reform In The United States
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Author |
: United States Sentencing Commission |
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Total Pages |
: 24 |
Release |
: 1996-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D01474633Q |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (3Q Downloads) |
Synopsis Guidelines Manual by : United States Sentencing Commission
Author |
: Elizabeth Jeglic |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 767 |
Release |
: 2021-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030775650 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030775658 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reform in the United States by : Elizabeth Jeglic
This handbook provides a holistic and comprehensive examination of issues related to criminal justice reform in the United States from a multidisciplinary perspective. Divided into five key domains of reform in the criminal justice system, it analyzes: - Policing - Policy and sentencing - Reentry - Treatment - Alternatives to incarceration Each section provides a history and overview of the domain within the criminal justice system, followed by chapters discussing issues integral to reform. The volume emphasizes decreasing incarceration and minimizing racial, ethnic and economic inequalities. Each section ends with tangible recommendations, based on evidence-based approaches for reform. Of interest to researchers, scholars, activists and policy makers, this unique volume offers a pathway for the future of criminal justice reform in the United States.
Author |
: Sandra Shane-DuBow |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:20000004448045 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sentencing Reform in the United States by : Sandra Shane-DuBow
Author |
: Michael Tonry |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 1997-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195344455 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195344456 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times by : Michael Tonry
Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western nation. Increasingly, countries are importing policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere. In that spirit, this volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries, and Western Europe, all written by leading national and international authorities on sentencing and punishment policy, practices, and institutions. Timely and readable, many of these essays provide brief yet detailed sentencing policy histories for countries and states. Others offer concise overviews of research on racial disparities, public opinion, and evaluation of the effects of new policies. Together, they illustrate the radical, precipitate, and hyperpoliticized nature of American sentencing reform in the last twenty-five years. Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective fills a major gap in the academic and policy literatures on this subject, and will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners.
Author |
: Michael H. Tonry |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190204686 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190204680 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sentencing Fragments by : Michael H. Tonry
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sentencing Matters -- 2. Sentencing Fragments -- 3. Federal Sentencing -- 4. Sentencing Theories -- 5. Sentencing Principles -- 6. Sentencing Futures -- References -- Index.
Author |
: Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 800 |
Release |
: 2014-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0309298016 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780309298018 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Growth of Incarceration in the United States by : Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
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 |
: Malcolm M. Feeley |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 2000-03-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521777348 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521777346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State by : Malcolm M. Feeley
Investigates the role of federal judges in prison reform, and policy making in general.
Author |
: Sandra Shane-DuBow |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:958722810 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sentencing Reform in the United States by : Sandra Shane-DuBow
Author |
: Rachel Elise Barkow |
Publisher |
: Belknap Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2019-03-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674919235 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674919238 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prisoners of Politics by : Rachel Elise Barkow
A CounterPunch Best Book of the Year A Lone Star Policy Institute Recommended Book “If you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics.” —James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The social consequences of this fact—recycling people who commit crimes through an overwhelmed system and creating a growing class of permanently criminalized citizens—are devastating. A leading criminal justice reformer who has successfully rewritten sentencing guidelines, Rachel Barkow argues that we would be safer, and have fewer people in prison, if we relied more on expertise and evidence and worried less about being “tough on crime.” A groundbreaking work that is transforming our national conversation on crime and punishment, Prisoners of Politics shows how problematic it is to base criminal justice policy on the whims of the electorate and argues for an overdue shift that could upend our prison problem and make America a more equitable society. “A critically important exploration of the political dynamics that have made us one of the most punitive societies in human history. A must-read by one of our most thoughtful scholars of crime and punishment.” —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy “Barkow’s analysis suggests that it is not enough to slash police budgets if we want to ensure lasting reform. We also need to find ways to insulate the process from political winds.” —David Cole, New York Review of Books “A cogent and provocative argument about how to achieve true institutional reform and fix our broken system.” —Emily Bazelon, author of Charged
Author |
: Michael O'Hear |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2017-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798216082903 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform by : Michael O'Hear
Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of these reforms and explains why they have proven to be ineffective. After many decades of stability, the imprisonment rate in the United States quintupled between 1973 and 2003. Since then, nearly all states have adopted multiple reforms intended to reduce imprisonment, but the U.S. imprisonment rate has only decreased by a paltry 2 percent. Why have American sentencing reforms since 2000 been largely ineffective? Are tough mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders the primary reason our prisons are always full? This book offers a fascinating assessment of the wave of sentencing reforms adopted by dozens of states as well as changes at the federal level since 2000, identifying common themes among seemingly disparate changes in sentencing policy and highlighting recent reform efforts that have been more successful and may point the way forward for the nation as a whole. In The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform, Michael O'Hear exposes the myths that American prison sentencing reforms enacted in the 21st century have failed to have the expected effect because U.S. prisons are filled to capacity with nonviolent drug offenders as a result of the "war on drugs" or because of new laws that took away the discretion of judges and corrections officials. O'Hear then makes a convincing case for the real reasons sentencing reforms have come up short: because they exclude violent and sexual offenders, and because they rely on the discretion of officials who still have every incentive to be highly risk-averse. He also highlights how overlooking the well-being of offenders and their families in our consideration of sentencing reform has undermined efforts to effect real change.