Between Prison and Probation Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System

Name: Between Prison and Probation Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
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ISBN: 9780195061086

ISBN-10: 019506108X

ISBN-13: 9780195061086

Edition: 1990

Authors: Norval Morris, Michael Tonry

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Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity, and in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with about one million people in prison and jail, and two and a half million on probation, it is clear we are experiencing a crisis in our penal system. In Between Prison and Probation, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, two of the nation's leading criminologists, offer an important and timely strategy for alleviating these problems. They argue that our overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the flow of convicted offenders…

Book details

List price: $22.50
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/12/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 5.81" wide x 8.56" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English