Sentencing Matters |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
| 3 | |
Reforming Sentencing | 25 |
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines | 72 |
Intermediate Sanctions | 100 |
Mandatory Penalties | 134 |
Judges and Sentencing Policy | 165 |
Sentencing Reform in Comparative Perspective | 174 |
What Is to Be Done? | 190 |
| 197 | |
| 217 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve adopted American application approach arrest authority avoid bargaining believe boot camps changes chapter charges commission's comparable concerning concluded convicted corrections costs courts crimes criminal decisions defendants develop discretion discussed disparities drug effect efforts established evaluation evidence example experience federal federal guidelines felony findings fines grid guidelines implementation imposed imprisonment increased institutional intermediate sanctions involved judges judicial jurisdictions justice laws least legislation less levels lines major mandatory penalties Michigan Minnesota months offenders officials operation Oregon parole participants patterns percent plea political practice presumptive prison sentences probation problem programs proposed prosecutors punishment range rates reasons received record reduced result sanctions Second sentencing guidelines sentencing laws sentencing policy Sentencing Reform serious severity shows standards statutory studies substantial successful tencing tion U.S. Sentencing Commission United Washington
Popular passages
Page 200 - Lurigio, and Joan Petersilia. 1992. Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage. Byrne, James M., and April Pattavina. 1992. "The Effectiveness Issue: Assessing What Works in the Adult Community Corrections System.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Sentencing Matters Studies in crime and public policy |
| Author | Michael H. Tonry |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 019535267X, 9780195352672 |
| Length | 222 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |