Intermediate Sanctions in Corrections

Intermediate Sanctions in Corrections
Title Intermediate Sanctions in Corrections PDF eBook
Author Gail A. Caputo
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 237
Release 2004
Genre Law
ISBN 1574411829

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Annotation This book is devoted completely to intermediate sanctions systems and their individual programs.

SOU-CCJ230 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System

SOU-CCJ230 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
Title SOU-CCJ230 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System PDF eBook
Author Alison Burke
Publisher
Pages
Release 2019
Genre
ISBN 9781636350684

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Community Corrections

Community Corrections
Title Community Corrections PDF eBook
Author Joan Petersilia
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 218
Release 1998
Genre Law
ISBN 9780195105421

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This reader brings together information on the issues, data and programmes that comprise community corrections. It provides an overview of the changing face of community corrections and the debates about it, followed by commentary on and assessments of various programmes.

Between Prison and Probation

Between Prison and Probation
Title Between Prison and Probation PDF eBook
Author Norval Morris
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 294
Release 1991-09-12
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0195361199

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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 prison and jail, and two and a half million on probation, it is clear we are experiencing a crisis in our penal system. In Between Prison and Probation, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, two of the nation's leading criminologists, offer an important and timely strategy for alleviating these problems. They argue that our overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the flow of convicted offenders because the two extremes of punishment--imprisonment and probation--are both used excessively, with a near-vacuum of useful punishments in between. Morris and Tonry propose instead a comprehensive program that relies on a range of punishment including fines and other financial sanctions, community service, house arrest, intensive probation, closely supervised treatment programs for drugs, alcohol and mental illness, and electronic monitoring of movement. Used in rational combinations, these "intermediate" punishments would better serve the community than our present polarized choice. Serious consideration of these punishments has been hindered by the widespread perception that they are therapeutic rather than punitive. The reality, however, Morris and Tonry argue, "is that the American criminal justice system is both too severe and too lenient--almost randomly." Systematically implemented and rigorously enforced, intermediate punishments can "better and more economically serve the community, the victim, and the criminal than the prison terms and probation orders they supplant." Between Prison and Probation goes beyond mere advocacy of an increasing use of intermediate punishments; the book also addresses the difficult task of fitting these punishments into a comprehensive, fair and community-protective sentencing system.

Smart Sentencing

Smart Sentencing
Title Smart Sentencing PDF eBook
Author James M. Byrne
Publisher SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Pages 376
Release 1992-08-20
Genre Law
ISBN

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Alternatives to prison and incarceration are explored in this volume. The contributors discuss intensive probation supervision, electronic monitoring, home confinement, shock incarceration, day reporting centres, the use of fines, split sentencing and the controversial issues surrounding alternative punishments. In conclusion, they look at the future of intermediate sanctions considering the many questions posed by criminal justice professionals and students.

Alternative Sentencing, Intermediate Sanctions, and Probation

Alternative Sentencing, Intermediate Sanctions, and Probation
Title Alternative Sentencing, Intermediate Sanctions, and Probation PDF eBook
Author Andrew R. Klein
Publisher Routledge
Pages 464
Release 1997
Genre Law
ISBN

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The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections
Title The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections PDF eBook
Author Joan Petersilia
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 777
Release 2015
Genre Law
ISBN 0190241446

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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.