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Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
Norval Morris
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Paperback. Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity, and in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more. In Between Prison and Probation, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry offer a strategy for alleviating these problems. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418. Clean copy.
In this work two leading American criminologists argue that fundamental sentencing reforms are needed before the US corrections system can contend with an escalating crime rate. They recommend the adoption of intermediate punishments - community-based sanctions of increasing severity - which can fill the gap between costly and punitive incarceration currently reserved for a minority of convicted offenders and parole served by the majority of offenders. The authors first analyse the evolution of sentencing in America and consider why intermediate punishments successfully applied in other countries have failed in the US. The authors examine a range of intermediate punishments such ... Read more
In this work two leading American criminologists argue that fundamental sentencing reforms are needed before the US corrections system can contend with an escalating crime rate. They recommend the adoption of intermediate punishments - community-based sanctions of increasing severity - which can fill the gap between costly and punitive incarceration currently reserved for a minority of convicted offenders and parole served by the majority of offenders. The authors first analyse the evolution of sentencing in America and consider why intermediate punishments successfully applied in other countries have failed in the US. The authors examine a range of intermediate punishments such ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195071382
SKU
KEX0207790
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99-1
About Norval Morris
About the authors: Norval Morris is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Chicago and the author of ten books on criminology. Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School. Together they edit Crime and Justice-A Review of Research.
Reviews for Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
"Excellent....Accurate and informative."
John McLaren, Southwest Texas State University "Well done, timely, provides insight and direction to the need to develop policy and sentencing statements for where and how intermediate sanctions fit."
Richard J. Billak, Youngstown State University "Excellent approach. Looks at an area in the Court-Corrections process where there are options not examined before, and bridges the gap between weak intervention ... Read more
John McLaren, Southwest Texas State University "Well done, timely, provides insight and direction to the need to develop policy and sentencing statements for where and how intermediate sanctions fit."
Richard J. Billak, Youngstown State University "Excellent approach. Looks at an area in the Court-Corrections process where there are options not examined before, and bridges the gap between weak intervention ... Read more