Sentencing reform in overcrowded times : a comparative perspective / edited by Michael Tonry & Kathleen Hatlestad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tonry, Michael H., editor.

Hatlestad, Kathleen, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prison sentences.

Prison sentences--United States.

Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.

Alternatives to imprisonment.

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Prisons--Overcrowding--United States.

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries, and Western Europe, by national and international authorities. The articles originally appeared in ""Overcrowding Times"", and include issues such as sentencing policy, practice, and institutions.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; ONE: Sentencing Reform; Sentencing Reform in the United States; Sentencing Reform outside the United States; TWO: Sentencing Reform in the United States; National Developments; Washington State; Minnesota; Oregon; Pennsylvania; North Carolina; Delaware; Other States; THREE: Sentencing Reform outside the United States; Prison Populations in Western Europe; England; Australia; Other English-Speaking Countries; Germany; Finland; The Netherlands; Other European Countries; FOUR: 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; FIVE: 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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285).

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772048-X

1-280-52902-4

0-19-534445-6

1-4294-1531-2

OCLC:

476012029