The General Effect of Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms PDF Download

Author: Barbara Stone Meierhoefer
Publisher:
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Category : Drug traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Barbara S. Vincent
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: United States Sentencing Commission
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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556

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Author: Margaret Haerens
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
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Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Offers opposing viewpoints on mandatory minimum sentencing to give the reader both sides of the legal debate.

Author: Barbara Stone Meierhoefer
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Category : Prison sentences
Languages : en
Pages : 29

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Author: Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309298018
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, their families and communities, and for U.S. society. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. This study makes the case that the United States has gone far past the point where the numbers of people in prison can be justified by social benefits and has reached a level where these high rates of incarceration themselves constitute a source of injustice and social harm. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines policy changes that created an increasingly punitive political climate and offers specific policy advice in sentencing policy, prison policy, and social policy. The report also identifies important research questions that must be answered to provide a firmer basis for policy. This report is a call for change in the way society views criminals, punishment, and prison. This landmark study assesses the evidence and its implications for public policy to inform an extensive and thoughtful public debate about and reconsideration of policies.

Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Michael H. Tonry
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ISBN: 019535267X
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Raji Mangat
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ISBN: 9781927615096
Category : Mandatory sentences
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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Author: Mirko Bageric
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135339805
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.