The failed promise of sentencing reform

Introduction : an era of treading water -- The great U.S. imprisonment boom, 1973-2000 -- War on drugs : escalation and (Equivocal) de-escalation -- The early release "Revolution" -- Justice reinvestment : dominant reform model of the treading water era -- Federal sentencing in the age of...

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Autor principal: O'Hear, Michael (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Praeger [2017]
En:Año: 2017
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Law reform > United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States
USA > Strafjustiz > Freiheitsstrafe > Strafzumessung > Reform
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Sumario:Introduction : an era of treading water -- The great U.S. imprisonment boom, 1973-2000 -- War on drugs : escalation and (Equivocal) de-escalation -- The early release "Revolution" -- Justice reinvestment : dominant reform model of the treading water era -- Federal sentencing in the age of Bush and Obama -- Sentencing in the Supreme Court -- California : is the glass half empty or half full? -- Conclusion : looking back, looking ahead
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-256) and index
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Descripción Física:xx, 268 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781440840876