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Sentencing and sanctions in western countries / edited by Michael Tonry & Richard S. Frase.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sentences (Criminal procedure).
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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 on sentencing 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Punishment Policies and Patterns in Western Countries; 1 Three Strikes and You're Out-It's Not Cricket: Colonization and Resistance in Australian Sentencing; 2 The Decline of English Sentencing and Other Stories; 3 Sentencing and Punishment in Finland: The Decline of the Repressive Ideal; 4 Sentencing and Punishment in The Netherlands; 5 Sentencing and Punishment in Germany; 6 The Disassembly and Reassembly of U.S. Sentencing Practices; 7 Comparative Perspectives on Sentencing Policy and Research; 8 Post-Adjudication Dispositions in Comparative Perspective
- 9 International Standards for Sentencing and Punishment10 International Controls on Sentencing and Punishment; 11 The Project of Sentencing Reform; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-34683-7
- 0-19-535011-1
- 1-60256-427-2
- OCLC:
- 191038389
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