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The "million dollar inmate" : the financial and social burden of nonviolent offenders /
What kinds of beliefs do most Americans hold about crime and violence, and where do these beliefs come from? What kinds of people are sent to prison_are the average inmates dangerous criminals, or are they involved in low-level drug-related, property, or public-order offenses? Who is ultimately payi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Pub.,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction and early sentencing : an introduction to the "million dollar inmate"
- Punishment in the twentieth century : run-on sentences
- Sentencing today : a sentence is a sentence--period!
- Prison conditions
- The financial costs of incarceration
- Expensive prisoners
- The social costs of incarceration : the hidden yet expensive side of prison
- Retribution : can we have our "just desert" and eat it too?
- Incapacitation : if we lock them up, maybe they'll just go away!
- Some specifics on deterrence, in general
- Prison rehabilitation and treatment : where is the correction in our correctional facilities?
- The benefits of incarceration--real and perceived
- Policy recommendations.