Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514125-2 (ISBN)
This volume gathers together a topical collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume offers some of the broadest efforts to charaterise recent penal trends and analyse their causes and consequences. The articles, written by national and international authorities, originally appeared in the journal Overcrowded Times, and have been updated and presented with a new introduction. and international authorities on penal policy, practices and institutions. The articles originally appeared in the journalOvercrowded Times, available to a limited audience, and will be updated and presented with a new introduction. The volume, like Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times (OUP, 1997), will be unique in gathering together material on penal policy development and research, and the first to present an international, comparative focus. It offers some of the broadest efforts to characterise recent penal trends and analyse their causes and consequences. international on penal reform
Contributors
Introduction: Penal Policies at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
The Importance of Penal Policy
The Determinants of Penal Policy
The Transferability of Penal Policy
The Spread of Innovation
One: Penal Developments in America
The Punitiveness Story
The Sentencing Story
The Fragmntation Story
The United States
Michael Tonry: U.S. Sentencing Systems Fragmenting
Kevin R. Reitz: The Status of Sentencing Guideline Reforms in the United States
Katherine Beckett: Political Preoccupation with Crime Leads, Not Follows, Public Opinion
Katherine Beckett and Bruce Western: The Penal System as Labor Market Institution: Jobs and Jails, 1980-1995
Michael Tonry: Why are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High?
Early State Guidelines Systems
Richard D. Van Wagenen: Washington State Sentencing Changes, 1994-1997
Fritz Rauschenberg: Ohio Guidelines Take Effect
Cynthia Kempinen: Pennsylvania Revises Sentencing Guidelines
North Carolina
Ronald F. Wright: North Carolina Prepares for Guidelines Sentencing
Robin L. Lubitz: Sentencing Changes in North Carolina
Ronald F. Wright: Flexibility in North Carolina Structured Sentencing, 1995-1997
Two: Penal Developments in Europe and Japan
André Kuhn: Incarceration Rates across the World
Scandinavia
Britta Kyvsgaard: Penal Sanctions and the Use of Imprisonment in Denmark
Nils Jareborg: Sentencing Law, Policy, and Patterns in Sweden
Paul Larsson: Norway Prison Use Up Slightly, Community Penalties Lots
Patrik Törnudd: Sentencing and Punishment in Finland
Tapio Lappi-Seppälä: Recent Trends in Finnish Sentencing Policy
Germany
Hans-Jörg Albrecht: Sentencing and Punishment in Germany
France
Annie Kensey and Pierre Tournier: French Prison Numbers Stable since 1988, but Populations Changing
Netherlands
Peter J. P. Tak: Sentencing and Punishment in the Netherlands
Peter J. P. Tak and Anton M. van Kalmthout: Prison Population Growing Faster in the Netherlands than in the United States
Gerrit Scurer and Reinier van Loon: The Netherlands Adopts Numerical Prosecution Guidelines
Anton M. van Kalmthout and Peter J. P. Tak: New Sanctions Proliferating in the Netherlands
Josine Junger-Tas: Dutch Penal Policies Changing Direction
Switzerland
Martin Killias, Marcelo F. Aebi, André Kuhn, and Simone Rônez: Sentencing in Switzerland in 2000
Japan
Prison Population in Japan Stable for 30 Years
Three: Penal Developments in English-Speaking Countries
Australia
Arie Freiberg: Sentencing and Punishment in Australia in the 1990s
Arie Freiberg: Prison Populations Up, Sentencing Policy Harsher in Australia
Arie Freiberg: Understanding Rising Prison Populations in Australia
Canada
Julian V. Roberts: Reforming Sentencing and Parole in Canada
Jane B. Sprott and Anthony N. Doob: Imprisonment Rates in Canada: One Law, 10 Outcomes
England/Wales
Andrew Ashworth: New Sentencing Laws Take Effect in England
Rod Morgan: English Penal Policies and Prisons: Going for Broke
Michael Hough and Julian V. Roberts: English Believe Sentences Soft and Crime Rising
Rod Morgan: Imprisonment in England and Wales: Flood Tide, but on the Turn?
Andrew Ashworth: English Sentencing: From Enlightenment to Darkness in a Decade
Ireland
Ian O'Donnell: Sentencing and Punishment in Ireland
References
Acknowledgments
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.12.2001 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous tables and figures |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 234 x 155 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-514125-3 / 0195141253 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-514125-2 / 9780195141252 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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