Sentencing
a reference handbook
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Author
Publication
2007 - ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
69,000 words, Guess
Page Count
276 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesentencingrefere0000cham
- ISBN-139781598840872
- ISBN-139781598840889
- ISBN-101598840878
- ISBN-101598840886
and 7 more
- Goodreads2832658
- LibraryThing3671957
- Library of Congress Control Number2007007412
- OCLC Control Number85019058
- Better World Books9781598840872
- Better World Books9781598840889
- Open LibraryOL17853648M
Classifications
- DDC345.73/0772
- LCCKF9685 .C48 2007
- LCCKF9685 .C48 2008
and 2 more
- LCCKF9685.C48 2007
- LCCKF9685.C48 2008
Description
From the Code of Hammurabi (1800 BC) to the present, Sentencing: A Reference Handbook follows the historical evolution of the process of criminal punishment, then focuses on the U.S. judicial system to show how American sentencing laws have changed in response to surges of different types of crime, or to other factors such as prison overcrowding.||To help readers understand the complex issue of criminal sentencing, this informative volume describes the major sentencing procedures used in American courts (determinate, indeterminate, guidelines-based, and mandatory), highlighting the merits and flaws of each with well-documented cases and examples. Coverage includes a range of contentious issues, including the disproportionate application of the death penalty, sex offender laws, punishing the addicted and the mentally ill, and balancing punishment with rehabilitation.
Description
From the Code of Hammurabi (1800 BC) to the present, Sentencing: A Reference Handbook follows the historical evolution of the process of criminal punishment, then focuses on the U.S. judicial system to show how American sentencing laws have changed in response to surges of different types of crime, or to other factors such as prison overcrowding. To help readers understand the complex issue of criminal sentencing, this informative volume describes the major sentencing procedures used in American courts (determinate, indeterminate, guidelines-based, and mandatory), highlighting the merits and flaws of each with well-documented cases and examples. Coverage includes a range of contentious issues, including the disproportionate application of the death penalty, sex offender laws, punishing the addicted and the mentally ill, and balancing punishment with rehabilitation.
Subjects
Genres
- Cases
Series Statement
- Contemporary world issues
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