Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries

Name: Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries
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ISBN: 9780195302486

ISBN-10: 0195302486

ISBN-13: 9780195302486

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael H. Tonry, Richard S. Frase

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This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives onsentencing policy developments, among other topics. Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries provides a range of scholars and students excellent cross-national knowledge of sentencing laws and practices, when and why they have changed over time, and with what effects.

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Publisher: NetLibrary, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2001
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Contributors	p. ix
Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries	p. 2
Punishment Policies and Patterns in Western Countries	p. 3
References	p. 25
Colonization and Resistance in Australian Sentencing	p. 29
Notes	p. 56
References	p. 58
The Decline of English Sentencing and Other Stories	p. 62
Notes	p. 86
References	p. 88
The Decline of the Repressive Ideal	p. 92
Notes	p. 143
References	p. 147
Sentencing and Punishment in the Netherlands	p. 151
References	p. 186
Sentencing and Punishment in Germany	p. 188
Notes	p. 212
References	p. 216
The Disassembly and Reassembly of U.S. Sentencing Practices	p. 222
Notes	p. 253
References	p. 254
Comparative Perspectives on Sentencing Policy and Research	p. 259
Notes	p. 286
References	p. 289
Post-Adjudication Dispositions in Comparative Perspective	p. 293
References	p. 323
International Standards for Sentencing and Punishment	p. 331
Appendix 9.A: Articles Related to Substantive Criminal Law and Sentencing in Major Human Rights Instruments	p. 370
Appendix 9.B: Summary of the Rights Protected by the European Convention on Human Rights	p. 372
Notes	p. 373
References	p. 374
International Controls on Sentencing and Punishment	p. 379
Notes	p. 399
References	p. 403
The Project of Sentencing Reform	p. 405
Notes	p. 417
References	p. 419
Index	p. 421
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