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165534   |
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| Title: |
Sentencing News |
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| Journal: |
Sentencing News Volume:2 Issue:1 Dated:(February 1997) Pages:complete issue |
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| Corporate Author: |
North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Cmssn
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
1997 |
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| Page Count: |
4 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Cmssn
Raleigh, NC 27602 |
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| Sale Source: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Type: |
Legislation/Policy Analysis |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
The recommendations of the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission to the 1997 session of the State General Assembly and the Commission's prison population projections are summarized. |
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| Abstract: |
Legislative recommendations focused on reclassifying offenses such as accessory after the fact and voluntary manslaughter and changing sentences by requiring active sentences for convictions for habitual impaired driving and adding a new aggravating factor relating to injury to a public safety official. Other recommendations focused on changing the calculation of an offender's prior record, clarifying structured sentencing, changing or clarifying community-based corrections, and changing post-release supervision. The North Carolina prison system is expected to have an additional 1,307 inmates in the year 2000 and an additional 2,944 inmates in the year 2007. The projections were adjusted downward from previous projections due to a slowing crime rate, a falling imprisonment rate, and a higher than predicted volume of parole for offenders sentenced under the Fair Sentencing Act. In January 1997 the Commission began distributing its report on sentencing practices under structured sentencing. Table |
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| Main Term(s): |
Court statistics |
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| Index Term(s): |
North Carolina; Prison population prediction; Sentencing/Sanctions |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=165534 |
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