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NCJ Number: 44368 Find in a Library
Title: SENTENCING PROCESS AND PURPOSE
Author(s): G O W MUELLER
Date Published: 1977
Annotation: BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT PRISON IS INEFFECTUAL ESCAPE FOR BOTH THE CRIMINAL AND SOCIETY, THE TEXT DEALS CRITICALLY WITH THE PROCESS OF IMPRISONMENT AND PRESENTS ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURRENT CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.
Abstract: THE AUTHOR LEADS THE READER THROUGH THE PROCEDURAL SYSTEM IN WHICH SENTENCING DECISIONS ARE MADE AND PRESENTS SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES. HE DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES THE AIMS WHICH THE SYSTEM IS MEANT TO PURSUE, CONCLUDING THAT THE MEANS AND THE ENDS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. RECOGNIZING THAT THE COMPLETE ABOLITION OF PRISONS IS A UTOPIAN IDEAL, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS INSTEAD THE INTRODUCTION OF REALISTIC, HUMANE STANDARDS INTO THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM. TEN PRINCIPLES OF REFORM ARE POSTULATED TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND HUMANITY OF THE SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPRISONMENT SYNDROME AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE DESIRE FOR A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE ESCAPE OF PRISON. APPENDIXES INCLUDE THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND THE LIST OF DEMANDS WHICH WAS PRESENTED BY RIOTING ATTICA INMATES. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).
Index Term(s): Correctional institutions (adult); Effects of imprisonment; Incarceration; Inmates; Penology; Prisoner's rights; Reform; Rehabilitation; Sentencing/Sanctions
Sponsoring Agency: Charles C. Thomas
Springfield, IL 62704
New York University School of Law
New York, NY 10003
Corporate Author: New York University School of Law
Criminal Law Education and Research Ctr
United States of America
Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
2600 South First Street
Springfield, IL 62704
United States of America
Page Count: 228
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: PUBLICATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, VOLUME 12
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