The failed promise of sentencing reform /

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Author / Creator:O'Hear, Michael, 1968- author.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, ©2017.
Description:xx, 268 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11026087
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ISBN:9781440840876
1440840873
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-256) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: An Era of Treading Water
  • 1. The Great U.S. Imprisonment Boom, 1973-2000
  • 2. War on Drugs: Escalation and (Equivocal) De-Escalation
  • 3. The Early Release Revolution
  • 4. Justice Reinvestment: Dominant Reform Model of the Treading Water Era
  • 5. Federal Sentencing in the Age of Bush and Obama
  • 6. Sentencing in the Sumpreme Court
  • 7. California: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
  • 8. Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
  • Notes
  • Index