Incapacitation : penal confinement and the restraint of crime / Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimring, Franklin E., author.

Hawkins, Gordon, 1919-2004, author.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy.

Earl Warren Legal Institute study.

Oxford scholarship online.

Studies in crime and public policy

An Earl Warren Legal Institute study

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprisonment--United States.

Imprisonment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford : 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a comprehensive assessment of American penal systems and the restraint of crime.

Contents:

Contents; I. CONCEPTS; 1. Dominance by Default; 2. The Short History of an Idea; 3. Elements of Theory; 4. The Jurisprudence of Incapacitation; II. RESEARCH; 5. Strategies of Research; 6. Imprisonment and Crime in California; III. POLICY; 7. Of Cost and Benefit; 8. Incapacitation and Imprisonment Policy; Appendix: Estimated Offenses Avoided per Additional Year of Confinement, California, 1981-90; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771941-4

1-280-47006-2

0-19-802526-2

OCLC:

476007971