The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Herausgeber: Petersilia, Joan; Reitz, Kevin R

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 778
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 168mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1247g
• ISBN-13: 9780190241445
• ISBN-10: 0190241446
• Artikelnr.: 47863056

Autorenporträt

Joan Petersilia is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. She is the author of When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry and coeditor, with James Q. Wilson, of Crime and Public Policy. Kevin R. Reitz is James Annenberg La Vea Land Grant Chair in Criminal Procedure Law. He currently serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute's project to revise the sentencing and corrections articles of the Model Penal Code. He is coauthor, with Henry Ruth, of The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz, Sentencing and
Corrections: Overlapping and Inseparable Subjects
* Part I: Sentencing and Corrections: History and Present Context
* Chapter 1: Jonathan Simon, Mass Incarceration: From Social Policy to
Social Problem
* Chapter 2: Michael Tonry, Race, Ethnicity, and Punishment
* Chapter 3: Alec Ewald and Christopher Uggen, The Collateral Effects
of Imprisonment on Prisoners, Their Families, and Communities
* Chapter 4: Julian V. Roberts, Crime Victims, Sentencing, and Release
from Prison.
* Part II: Sentencing
* A. Sentencing Theories and Their Application
* Chapter 5: Richard S. Frase, Theories of Proportionality and Desert
* Chapter 6: James L. Nolan, Jr., Problem-Solving Courts: An
International Comparison
* Chapter 7: Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob, Searching for
Sasquatch: Deterrence of Crime Through Sentence Severity
* Chapter 8: Christopher Slobogin, Risk Assessment
* Chapter 9: Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang, Restorative
Justice as Evidence-Based Sentencing
* B. Sentencing Systems
* Chapter 10: Ronald D. Wright, Charging and Plea Bargaining as Forms
of Sentencing Discretion
* Chapter 11: Kevin R. Reitz, The "Traditional " Indeterminate
Sentencing Model
* Chapter 12: Robert Weisberg, The Sentencing Commission Model, 1970s
to Present
* Chapter 13: Nancy J. King, Procedure at Sentencing
* Part III: Corrections
* A. The Correctional Context
* Chapter 14: Karol Lucken and Thomas G. Blomberg, American
Corrections: Reform Without Change
* B. Community Corrections and Intermediate Punishments
* Chapter 15: Faye S. Taxman, Probation, Intermediate Sanctions and
Community-Based Corrections
* C. Jails, Prisons and Other Secure Facilities
* Chapter 16: Gary F. Cornelius, Jails, Pretrial Detention and
Short-Term Confinement
* Chapter 17: George M. Camp and Bert Useem, Prison Governance:
Correctional Leadership in the Current Era
* Chapter 18. Richard W. Harding, Regulating Prison Conditions: Some
International Comparisons
* D. What Works in Correctional Treatment?
* Chapter 19: Steven Belenko, Kimberly A. Houser, and Wayne Welsh,
Understanding the Impact of Drug Treatment in Correctional Settings
* Chapter 20: Doris MacKenzie, The Effectiveness of Corrections-Based
Work and Academic and Vocational Education Programs
* E. Managing a Changing Offender Population
* Chapter 21: Jennifer Skeem and Jillian Peterson, Identifying,
Treating, and Reducing Risk for Offenders with Mental Illness
* Chapter 22: Roxanne Lieb, Sex Offender Management and Treatment
* Chapter 23: LaTosha Traylor and Beth Richie, Female Offenders and
Women in Prison
* Chapter 24: Craig Haney, The Psychological Impacts of Prison
Confinement
* Chapter 25: Michael Santos, Living Life Behind Bars in America
* F. Prison Release and Reentry Challenges
* Chapter 26: Edward Rhine, The Present Status and Future Prospects of
Parole Boards and Parole Supervision
* Chapter 27: Tom Le Bel and Shadd Maruna, Life on the Outside:
Transitioning From Prison to the Community
* Chapter 28: Christy Visher and Jeremy Travis, The Characteristics of
Prisoners Returning Home and Effective Reentry Programs and Policies
* G. The Death Penalty
* Chapter 29: Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker, Broken and Beyond
Repair: The American Death Penalty and the Insuperable Obstacles to
Reform
* Chapter 30: Franklin E. Zimring and David Johnson, The Dark at the
Top of the Stairs: Four Destructive Influences of Capital Punishment
on American Criminal Justice