| Description |
viii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Has the prison a future? / Michael Tonry -- 2. Crime, law, and the community: dynamics of incarceration in New York City / Jeffrey Fagan -- 3. Restoring rationality in punishment policy / Alfred Blumstein -- 4. Limiting retributivism / Richard S. Frase -- 5. Sentencing reform "reform" through sentencing information systems / Marc L. Miller -- 6. Democracy and the limits of punishment: a preface to prisoners' rights / Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins -- 7. Prison reform amid the ruins of prisoners' rights / James B. Jacobs -- 8. Questioning the conventional wisdom of parole release authority / Kevin R. Reitz -- 9. The future of violence risk management / John Monahan. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- United States.
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Prisons. |
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United States. |
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Imprisonment -- United States.
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Imprisonment. |
| Added Author |
Tonry, Michael H.
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| ISBN |
0195161637 |
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