Opening the Door for More: Assessing the Impact of Sentencing Reforms on Commitments to Prison Over Time
Since the early 1970s, U.S. states have adopted a series of sentencing reforms that have substantially altered sentencing and release policies by limiting discretion of judges, parole boards, and/or prison administrators. The current study assesses shifts in year-to-year changes in new commitments a...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2016
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2016, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 296-320 |
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