Innovations in Sentencing: The Use of Scarlet Letter Dispositions

Scarlet letter sentencing dispositions are innovative alternatives to incarceration posited as special probation conditions granted to offenders deemed able to live in the community. These sanctions resemble scarlet letter punishments of the Seventeenth Century as illustrated in Nathaniel Hawthorne’...

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Main Author: Elwell, Catherine A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1992
In:Year: 1992
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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