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NCJ Number:	156903

Title:	Determinate Sentencing and Agenda Building: A Case Study of the Failure of a Reform

Journal:	Journal of Criminal Justice Volume:23 Issue:4 Dated:(1995) Pages:349-362

Author(s):	P L Griset

Date Published:	1995

Annotation:	This article examines the failure of the movement for determinate sentencing in New York State, where initial pressure for change was exceedingly strong.

Abstract:	Determinate sentencing appealed to a wide spectrum of New Yorkers including politicians of both parties, policymakers, and the media. Data were obtained from archival materials, interviews, and personal observations. The article describes the four phases of policy development in the agenda building model, i.e., issue creation, issue expansion, agenda entrance, and issue resolution. The determinate model, as it developed in New York, was susceptible to selective interpretations by people with different interests. Once the sentencing guidelines committee proposed a concrete model, proponents of determinacy became opponents, and the movement died. 38 references

Main Term(s):	Courts

Index Term(s):	Corrections; Criminology; Determinate Sentencing; New York; Public Opinion of Corrections

Page Count:	14

Format:	Article

Type:	Survey

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America



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