The failed promise of sentencing reform / Michael O'Hear.
2017
KF9685 .O324 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
The failed promise of sentencing reform / Michael O'Hear.
Imprint
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017]
Description
xx, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : an era of treading water
The great U.S. imprisonment boom, 1973-2000
War on drugs : escalation and (Equivocal) de-escalation
The early release "Revolution"
Justice reinvestment : dominant reform model of the treading water era
Federal sentencing in the age of Bush and Obama
Sentencing in the Supreme Court
California : is the glass half empty or half full?
Conclusion : looking back, looking ahead.
The great U.S. imprisonment boom, 1973-2000
War on drugs : escalation and (Equivocal) de-escalation
The early release "Revolution"
Justice reinvestment : dominant reform model of the treading water era
Federal sentencing in the age of Bush and Obama
Sentencing in the Supreme Court
California : is the glass half empty or half full?
Conclusion : looking back, looking ahead.
Summary
"Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains at an unprecedented high level. This book provides [a]...survey of these reforms and explains why they have proven to be ineffective. [This book]: identifies the real reasons that the wave of post-2000 sentencing reform has had minimal impact on reducing national imprisonment rates; explains why reforms must target the excessive sentences imposed on violent and sexual offenders, even though the members of these offender groups are considered 'justifiably punished' by long prison terms in the public eye; and enables readers to understand why increased consideration for the well-being of offenders and their families is likely a prerequisite to the acceptance of more fundamental changes to the U.S. sentencing system."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-256) and index.
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Available in Other Form
Online version: O'Hear, Michael, 1968- author. Failed promise of sentencing reform Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2017
Call Number
KF9685 .O324 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781440840876 hardcopy alkaline paper
1440840873 hardcopy alkaline paper
9781440840883 (ebook)
1440840881
1440840873 hardcopy alkaline paper
9781440840883 (ebook)
1440840881
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