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1 online resource (171 pages). |
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Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections
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Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
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INMATE POPULATIONS IN FEDERAL PRISONS: BUILDUP ISSUES AND POLICY OPTIONS; INMATE POPULATIONS IN FEDERAL PRISONS: BUILDUP ISSUES AND POLICY OPTIONS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 THE FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION BUILDUP: OVERVIEW, POLICY CHANGES, ISSUES, AND OPTIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION; Conviction Offense for Federal Inmates; Length of Sentences for Federal Offenders; POLICY CHANGES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO PRISON POPULATION GROWTH; Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Federalization of Crime; ISSUES RELATED TO PRISON POPULATION GROWTH; Cost of Operating the Federal Prison System |
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Prison OvercrowdingInmate-to-Staff Ratio; Prison Construction and Maintenance; SELECT POLICY OPTIONS; Continuing or Expanding Current Correctional Policies; Expanding the Capacity of the Federal Prison System; Investing in Rehabilitative Programs; Placing More Inmates in Private Prisons; Changing Existing Correctional and Sentencing Policies to Reduce the Prison Population; Changes to Mandatory Minimum Penalties; Alternatives to Incarceration; Early Release Measures; Modifying the "Safety Valve" Provision; Repealing Federal Criminal Statutes for Some Offenses; CONCLUSION |
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APPENDIX. SELECT BOP DATAEnd Notes; Chapter 2 THE BUREAU OF PRISONS (BOP): OPERATIONS AND BUDGET; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BOP OPERATIONS; Managing Federal Correctional Facilities; Providing for the Safekeeping, Care, and Subsistence of Inmates; Providing for the Protection, Instruction, and Discipline of Inmates; Preparing Inmates for Reentry; BOP APPROPRIATIONS; End Notes; Chapter 3 FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES: THE SAFETY VALVE AND SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE EXCEPTIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE; Background; ""Upon the Motion of the Government"" |
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To Reflect a Defendant's Substantial Assistance‖Booker; SAFETY VALVE; Background; Offenses Covered; One Point; Not Violent or Deadly; Single or Low Level Offender; Tell All; End Notes; Chapter 4 DRUG OFFENSES: MAXIMUM FINES AND TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AND RELATED LAWS; SUMMARY; Trafficking; Possession; Controlled Substance Violations and Other Crimes/Activity; Racketeering; Smuggling; Laundering Money from Controlled Substance Violations; Tax Offenses; End Notes; Chapter 5 PRISONERS IN 2011; HIGHLIGHTS |
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THE DECLINE OF PRISONERS IN CALIFORNIA CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL PRISON POPULATION DECLINEIMPRISONMENT RATES DECLINED TO LEVELS LAST SEEN IN 2005; BLACK AND HISPANIC PRISONERS WERE GENERALLY YOUNGER AND IMPRISONED AT HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE PRISONERS; VIOLENT OFFENDERS INCREASED IN STATE PRISON OVER THE PAST DECADE, WHILE DRUG OFFENDERS DECREASED; DRUG AND PUBLIC-ORDER OFFENSES INCREASED IN FEDERAL PRISON; ADMISSIONS AND RELEASES CONTINUED TO DECLINE IN 2011; OTHER SELECTED FINDINGS; NPS JURISDICTION NOTES; DEFINITION OF TERMS; METHODOLOGY |
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ESTIMATING IMPRISONMENT RATES BY AGE, SEX, AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Bureau of Prisons.
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United States. Bureau of Prisons. |
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Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Prisons -- United States.
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Prisons. |
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Prison administration -- United States.
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Prison administration. |
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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States.
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Sentences (Criminal procedure) |
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Prisons -- Statistics.
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Prisons -- Statistics. |
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Electronic books.
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Statistics.
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Statistics.
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Print version: Boysen, Russell C. Inmate Populations in Federal Prisons: Buildup Issues and Policy Options. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©2013 9781626183414 |
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9781626183421 |
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1626183422 |
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9781626183414 |
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1626183414 |
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