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Of One-eyed and Toothless Miscreants
Making the Punishment Fit the Crime?
Inbunden, 2019
1417 kr
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Can punishments ever meaningfully be proportioned in severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed? A great deal of attention has been paid to the general justification of punishment, but the thorny practical questions have received significantly less. Serious analysis has …
Of One-eyed and Toothless Miscreants
Making the Punishment Fit the Crime?
E-bok, 2019
1265 kr
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Can punishments ever meaningfully be proportioned in severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed? A great deal of attention has been paid to the general justification of punishment, but the thorny practical questions have received significantly less. Serious analysis has …
Of One-eyed and Toothless Miscreants
Making the Punishment Fit the Crime?
E-bok, 2019
1265 kr
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Can punishments ever meaningfully be proportioned in severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed? A great deal of attention has been paid to the general justification of punishment, but the thorny practical questions have received significantly less. Serious analysis has …
Sentencing Fragments
Penal Reform in America, 1975-2025
Inbunden, 2016
913 kr
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Sentencing matters. Life, liberty, and property are at stake. Convicted offenders and victims care about it for obvious reasons, while judges and prosecutors also have a moral stake in the process. Never-the-less, the current system of sentencing criminal offenders is in a shambles, with a crazy …
Sentencing Fragments
Penal Reform in America, 1975-2025
E-bok, 2015
624 kr
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Almost everyone agrees--Right on Crime, the ACLU, Koch Industries, George Soros''s Open Society Foundation, the editorial boards of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal --that America''s current systems for sentencing criminal offenders are a shambles, with crazy quilts of incompatible …
Handbook of Crime and Punishment
E-bok, 2000
962 kr
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Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highly …
Thinking about Crime
Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture
E-bok, 2004
255 kr
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Crime is an American preoccupation. Campaigns such as "the war on drugs," zero tolerance policing, and three strikes and you''re out--not to mention the ever-shrill coverage of crime stories-all suggest a perpetually outraged nation determined to keep its criminal element at bay, no matter the …
Future of Imprisonment
E-bok, 2004
360 kr
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The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years ago as a humanitarian reform, a substitute for …
Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice
E-bok, 2011
726 kr
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Although criminal justice systems in developed Western countries are much alike in form, structure, and function, the American system is unique. While it is structurally similar to those of other Western countries, the punishments it imposes are often vastly harsher. No other Western country …
Sentencing Fragments
Penal Reform in America, 1975-2025
E-bok, 2015
624 kr
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Almost everyone agrees--Right on Crime, the ACLU, Koch Industries, George Soros''s Open Society Foundation, the editorial boards of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal --that America''s current systems for sentencing criminal offenders are a shambles, with crazy quilts of incompatible …
The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration
Av Sandra M. Bucerius, Michael Tonry
Häftad, 2019
741 kr
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Social tensions between majority and minority populations often center on claims that minorities are largely responsible for crime and disorder. Members of some disadvantaged groups in all developed countries, sometimes long-standing residents and other times recent immigrants, experience …
Sentencing Matters
Häftad, 1999
1550 kr
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Michael Tonry offers a comprehensive overview of research, policy developments, and practical experience concerning sentencing and sanctions. He considers what we know about the effects of innovations of the past twenty years on sentencing disparities, and what directions policy should move in the …
Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries
Av Michael Tonry, Richard Frase
Inbunden, 2001
3176 kr
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This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. The volume consists of approximately ten essays. Six consider sentencing policy strategies and practices in major western countries, including …
Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries
Av Michael Tonry, Richard Frase
Häftad, 2001
838 kr
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This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. The volume consists of approximately ten essays. Six consider sentencing policy strategies and practices in major western countries, including …
The Handbook of Crime and Punishment
Häftad, 2000
1515 kr
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Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highly …
The Future of Imprisonment
Inbunden, 2004
899 kr
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The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have become worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years ago as a humanitarian reform, a substitute for …
The Future of Imprisonment
Häftad, 2006
699 kr
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The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years ago as a humanitarian reform, a substitute for …
Doing Justice, Preventing Crime
Inbunden, 2020
492 kr
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Punishment policies and practices in the United States today are unprincipled, chaotic, and much too often unjust. The financial costs are enormous. The moral cost is greater: countless individual injustices, mass incarceration, the world's highest imprisonment rate, extreme disparities, especially …
Why Punish? How Much?
A Reader on Punishment
Inbunden, 2011
1881 kr
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Punishment is a complex human institution. It has normative, political, social, psychological, and legal dimensions, and ways of thinking about each of them change over time. For this reader on punishment, Michael Tonry, a leading authority in the field, has composed a comprehensive collection of …
Why Punish? How Much?
A Reader on Punishment
Av Michael Tonry, Michael Tonry
Häftad, 2011
1048 kr
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Punishment is a complex human institution. It has normative, political, social, psychological, and legal dimensions, and ways of thinking about each of them change over time. For this reader on punishment, Michael Tonry, a leading authority in the field, has composed a comprehensive collection of …
The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy
Inbunden, 2009
3131 kr
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Criminologists are most interested in theory and control and not much in the crimes themselves. Much of the scholarly literature takes the criminal justice system functions, like prisons, sentencing, and deterrence, as the main topics for policy analysis. Using a fresh approach, The Oxford Handbook …
Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times
A Comparative Perspective
Av Kathleen Hatlestad, Michael Tonry
E-bok, 1997
524 kr
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Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western country and increasingly efforts are being made to import policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere. This volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries …
Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times
E-bok, 2001
398 kr
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This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume provides material on penal policy development and research and presents an international, comparative focus. Written by …
Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries
Av Richard Frase, Michael Tonry
E-bok, 2001
281 kr
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This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives on sentencing …
Between Prison and Probation
Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
Av Michael Tonry, Norval Morris
E-bok, 1991
212 kr
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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--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with about one million people in …
The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice
Av Michael Tonry, Michael Tonry
Inbunden, 2011
3513 kr
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This handbook provides an accessible, high-quality, and comprehensive introduction to and overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system. It is divided into five sections covering the purposes and functions of the system, its problems and priorities, and its main …
Sentencing Matters
E-bok, 1996
990 kr
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Michael Tonry, an internationally recognized authority on criminology, offers in these pages a comprehensive overview of current research, policy developments, and practical experiences concerning sentencing and sanctions. He examines the effects of increased penalties and considers whether they …
Handbook of Crime and Punishment
E-bok, 2000
962 kr
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Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highly …
Thinking about Crime
Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture
E-bok, 2004
255 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Crime is an American preoccupation. Campaigns such as "the war on drugs," zero tolerance policing, and three strikes and you''re out--not to mention the ever-shrill coverage of crime stories-all suggest a perpetually outraged nation determined to keep its criminal element at bay, no matter the …
Future of Imprisonment
E-bok, 2004
360 kr
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The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years ago as a humanitarian reform, a substitute for …
