Penal reform in Overcrowded times /

Penal reform in Overcrowded times /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subject:
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Corrections.
Corrections.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159331
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Other uniform titles:Overcrowded times.
Other authors / contributors:Tonry, Michael H.
ISBN:0195141245
9780195141245
0195141253
9780195141252
1423738578
9781423738572
1602564396
9781602564398
1280481617
9781280481611
9786610481613
661048161X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276).
Print version record.
Summary:This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume provides material on penal policy development and research and presents an international, comparative focus. Written by leading national and international authorities, it offers some of the broadest efforts to characterize recent penal trends and to analyze their causes and consequences.
Other form:Print version: Penal reform in Overcrowded times. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 0195141245 0195141253
Standard no.:9780195141245
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: Penal Policies at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
  • The Importance of Penal Policy
  • The Determinants of Penal Policy
  • The Transferability of Penal Policy
  • The Spread of Innovation
  • One. Penal Developments in America
  • The Punitiveness Story
  • The Sentencing Story
  • The Fragmntation Story
  • The United States
  • U.S. Sentencing Systems Fragmenting
  • The Status of Sentencing Guideline Reforms in the United States
  • Political Preoccupation with Crime Leads, Not Follows, Public Opinion
  • The Penal System as Labor Market Institution: Jobs and Jails, 1980-1995
  • Why are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High?
  • Early State Guidelines Systems
  • Washington State Sentencing Changes, 1994-1997
  • Ohio Guidelines Take Effect
  • Pennsylvania Revises Sentencing Guidelines
  • North Carolina Prepares for Guidelines Sentencing
  • Sentencing Changes in North Carolina
  • Flexibility in North Carolina Structured Sentencing, 1995-1997
  • Two. Penal Developments in Europe and Japan
  • Incarceration Rates across the World, Andre Kuhn
  • Penal Sanctions and the Use of Imprisonment in Denmark
  • Sentencing Law, Policy, and Patterns in Sweden, Nils
  • Norway Prison Use Up Slightly, Community Penalties Lots
  • Sentencing and Punishment in Finland
  • Recent Trends in Finnish Sentencing Policy
  • Germany
  • Sentencing and Punishment in Germany
  • France
  • French Prison Numbers Stable since 1988, but Populations Changing
  • Netherlands
  • Sentencing and Punishment in the Netherlands
  • Prison Population Growing Faster in the Netherlands than in the United States
  • The Netherlands Adopts Numerical Prosecution Guidelines
  • New Sanctions Proliferating in the Netherlands
  • Dutch
  • Penal Policies Changing Direction
  • Switzerland
  • Sentencing in Switzerland in 2000
  • Japan
  • Prison Population in Japan Stable for 30 Years
  • Three. Penal Developments in English-Speaking Countries
  • Australia
  • Sentencing and Punishment in Australia in the 1990s
  • Prison Populations Up, Sentencing Policy Harsher in Australia
  • Understanding Rising Prison Populations in Australia
  • Canada
  • Reforming Sentencing and Parole in Canada
  • Imprisonment Rates in Canada: One Law, 10 Outcomes
  • England/Wales
  • New Sentencing Laws Take Effect in England
  • English Penal Policies and Prisons: Going for Broke, Rod Morgan
  • English Believe Sentences Soft and Crime Rising
  • Imprisonment in England and Wales: Flood Tide, but on the Turn?
  • English Sentencing: From Enlightenment to Darkness in a Decade
  • Ireland
  • Sentencing and Punishment in Ireland
  • References
  • Acknowledgm

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