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Sentencing reform in overcrowded times : a comparative perspective /
This volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, England, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa), and Western Europe, by leading national and international authorities. Issues include sentencing policy, practices, and ins...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contributors; ONE: Sentencing Reform; Sentencing Reform in the United States; Sentencing Reform outside the United States; TWO: Sentencing Reform in the United States; National Developments; Sentencing Guidelines Are ""Alive and Well"" in the United States; American Bar Association Adopts New Sentencing Standards; Washington State; Washington State: A Decade of Sentencing Reform; Washington Prison Population Growth Out of Control; Sentencing Policy in Washington, 1992-1995; Minnesota; Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines-Past and Future.
- Prison Population Growing under Minnesota GuidelinesMinnesota's Sentencing Guidelines-1995 Update; Oregon; Sentencing Reform in Oregon; Oregon Guidelines, 1989-1994; Pennsylvania; The Evolution of Pennsylvania's Sentencing Guidelines; Pennsylvania's Sentencing Guidelines-The Process of Assessment and Revision; North Carolina; North Carolina Prisons Are Growing; North Carolina Legislature Considers Sentencing Change; North Carolina Legislature Adopts Guidelines; North Carolina Prepares for Guidelines Sentencing; North Carolina Avoids Early Trouble with Guidelines; Delaware.
- Sentencing Reform in DelawareVoluntary Guidelines Effective in Delaware; Other States; Sentencing Reform in Colorado-Many Changes, Little Progress; Utah's Conjoint Guidelines for Sentencing and Parole; Kansas Adopts Sentencing Guidelines; Ohio Adopts Determinate Sentencing; Massachusetts, Missouri, and Oklahoma Establish Sentencing Commissions; THREE: Sentencing Reform outside the United States; Prison Populations in Western Europe; England; New Sentencing Laws Take Effect in England; England Repeals Key 1991 Sentencing Reforms; England Abandons Unit Fines.
- Punitive Policies and Politics Crowding English PrisonsEnglish Sentencing since the Criminal Justice Act 1991; Australia; Sentencing Reform in Victoria; Truth in Sentencing in New South Wales; Sentencing and Punishment in Australia in the 1990s; Other English-Speaking Countries; Sentencing and Punishment in New Zealand, 1981-1993; Sentencing Reform in Canada; Sentencing in South Africa; Germany; Germany Reduces Use of Prison Sentences; Sentencing and Punishment in Germany; Finland; Success in Finland in Reducing Prison Use; Sentencing and Punishment in Finland; The Netherlands.
- Sentencing and Punishment in the NetherlandsNetherlands Successfully Implements Community Service Orders; Other European Countries; Sentencing in Switzerland; Sentencing Reform in Sweden; FOUR: Race and Sentencing; Young Black Men and the Criminal Justice System; Racial Disparities Getting Worse in U.S. Prisons and Jails; Forty-Two Percent of Black D.C. Males, Ages Eighteen to Thirty-Five, under Criminal Justice System Control; Fifty-Six Percent of Young Black Males in Baltimore Under Justice System Control; Drug Policies Increasing Racial Disparities in U.S. Prisons.