Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /

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Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobson, Michael, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York and London : New York University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Prisons > United States.
Probation > United States.
Parole > United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Mass incarceration > United States.
Prisons > États-Unis.
Probation (Droit) > États-Unis.
Libération conditionnelle > États-Unis.
Emprisonnement > Alternative > États-Unis.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Alternatives to imprisonment
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Parole
Prisons
Probation
Strafvollzug
Reform
Offener Strafvollzug
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : bloated prisons
  • Mass incarceration
  • Unintended consequences
  • A new reality for prison systems
  • Why prison growth does not reduce crime
  • Why parole and probation policies need to change
  • Success stories
  • Downsizing prisons.

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