Selective incapacitation and public policy : evaluating California's imprisonment crisis / Kathleen Auerhahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auerhahn, Kathleen, 1970-

Series:

SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprisonment--Government policy--California.

Imprisonment.

Criminal justice, Administration of--California.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using cutting-edge methodologies, this book evaluates California's measures to protect the public from dangerous criminals.

Contents:

Intro

Selective Incapacitation and Public Policy

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part I: The Criminal in Society: Penal Response and Rationale

1. Introduction

2. Criminal Punishment in Civil Society: Purpose and Method

3. Criminal Sentencing Policy and Paradigm Change in California

Part II: Incapacitation and Dangerousness

4. Selective Incapacitation

5. Dangerousness

6. Assessing the Level of Dangerousness in the Criminal Justice System

Part III: Evaluating the Past, Choosing the Future

7. Modeling the California Criminal Justice System, Part I: Reproducing and Evaluating the Past

8. Modeling the California Criminal Justice System, Part II: Predictive Evaluation

9. Conclusion: Choosing California's Future

Technical Appendix A: Data Sources and Estimation Procedures

Technical Appendix B: Example of Simulation Model Code

NOTES

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

TECHNICAL APPENDIX A

Bibliography

Subject Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Author Index

K

N

O

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791486412

0791486419

9781417538720

1417538724

OCLC:

61367813