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NCJ Number:	175359

Title:	Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective

Editor(s):	M Tonry; K Hatlestad

Date Published:	1997

Annotation:	This volume contains articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries, and Western Europe.

Abstract:	Half of the articles in the book concern sentencing reform in the United States and nearly one-quarter concern developments elsewhere. No other country has yet adopted U.S.-style numerical sentencing guidelines. While some countries have been attracted to boot camps, "three-strikes" laws and electronic monitoring, none have adopted them on a significant scale. The balance of the book consists of articles on racial disparities caused by modern American crime control policies and on public opinion about crime. Racial disparities in the justice system have long been extreme, but since 1980 they have steadily worsened. Many harsh laws and policies have recently been adopted in the name of public opinion, but the best evidence is that ordinary people's views are commonly misunderstood. Their views are not unqualifiedly harsh; they believe that wrongful actions should be punished and vigorous efforts made to help offenders become law-abiding, self-supporting citizens. Tables, figures, note, references

Main Term(s):	Courts

Index Term(s):	Deterrence; Foreign sentencing statistics; Public Opinion of Corrections; Public Opinion of Crime; Race-punishment relationship; Sentencing disparity; Sentencing factors; Sentencing guidelines; Sentencing reform; Sentencing trends

Publication Number:	ISBN 0-19-510787-X

Sponsoring Agency:	Edna McConnell Clark Foundation New York, NY 10177 Oxford University Press, Inc New York, NY 10016

Sale Source:	Oxford University Press, Inc 198 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 United States of America

Page Count:	303

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America



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