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Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times A Comparative Perspective

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ISBN-10: 0195107861

ISBN-13: 9780195107869

Edition: 1997

Authors: Michael Tonry, Kathleen Hatlestad

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Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western country and increasingly efforts are being made to import policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere. 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 on sentencing policy, practices, and institutions. Short, timely, and readable, the articles originally appeared in the journal Overcrowded Times. Together, they fill a major gap in the academic and policy literatures and will be essential reading for students, scholars,…    
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Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.37" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Contributors
Sentencing Reform
Sentencing Reform in the United States
Sentencing Reform outside the United States
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 Guidelines
Minnesota'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 Delaware
Voluntary 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
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 Prisons
English 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 Netherlands
Netherlands Successfully Implements Community Service Orders
Other European Countries
Sentencing in Switzerland
Sentencing Reform in Sweden
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
Drug Policies Causing Racial and Ethnic Differences in Federal Sentencing
Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
One in Three Young Black Men Is Ensnared in the Justice System
Public Opinion and Sentencing
American Attitudes about Punishment: Myth and Reality
Survey Shows Alabamians Support Alternatives
Delawareans Favor Prison Alternatives
Pennsylvanians Prefer Alternatives to Prison
Oregonians Support Alternatives for Nonviolent Offenders
References
Acknowledgments