The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences /

Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project argue that there is no practical or moral justification for a sentence longer than twenty years. Harsher sentences have been shown to have little effect on crime rates, since people "age out" of crime--meaning that we're spending...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mauer, Marc (Autor), Nellis, Ashley (Autor)
Otros Autores: Myers, Kerry (Fotógrafo)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, 2018.
Temas:
Life imprisonment.
Prison sentences.
Capital punishment.
Réclusion à perpétuité.
Peines d'emprisonnement.
Peine de mort.
LAW > Criminal Law > Sentencing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Life imprisonment
Prison sentences
United States
Nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: lessons of "the Birdman"
  • Life by the numbers
  • Denise Dodson
  • Policies that drive life sentences
  • Anita Colon and Robert Holbrook
  • Doing life
  • "Death is different"
  • Sam Lewis
  • The American commitment to punishment
  • The meaning of life around the world
  • William Underwood
  • The racial meaning of life
  • The meaning of life for criminal justice reform
  • Kelly Garrett and Justin Singleton
  • The meaning of life for public safety
  • Enacting a twenty-year maximum sentence
  • Willis X. Harris
  • The future of life in America
  • Author's note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes.

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