Author: William J. SabolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prison sentences
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Time Served in Prison by Federal Offenders, 1986-97
Author: William J. SabolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prison sentences
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Offenders Returning to Federal Prison, 1986-97
Author: Special Report
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Women in Prison
Author: Cyndi BanksPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079309
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A concise survey of the treatment of jailed women in America since the early 1800s, their unique problems, the effect on their families, and the state of prisons today. Focusing on an often overlooked subject, this volume explores women's incarceration, from the first women-only prison to modern state-of-the-art facilities. It explores controversies, problems, and solutions, such as excessive discipline, the lack of training programs, sexual abuse, medical services, and visitation policies. The book also investigates key issues such as the background of inmates, the disproportionate number of African American and Hispanic prisoners because of the "war on drugs," and how women cope with the separation from their children and families. A full chapter is devoted to important people and events, from the first female jail keeper in 1822 to changing prison goals and the impact of feminism.
Prisoners in ...
Author: The Cotton Chronicles
Author: Leo Barron HicksPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578001772
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Prisoners in 1999
Author: Allen J. BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Explaining U.S. Imprisonment
Author: Mary BosworthPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412924863
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Explaining U.S. Imprisonment builds on and extends some of the contemporary issues of women in prison, minorities, and the historical path to modern prisons as well as the social influences on prison reform.
Justice on Trial
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0756701228
Category : Crime and race
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The U.S. has made significant progress toward ensuring equal treatment under law for all citizens. But in one arena -- criminal justice -- racial inequality is growing, not receding. Our criminal laws, while facially neutral, are enforced in a massively & pervasively biased manner. The injustices of the criminal justice system threaten to render irrelevant 50 years of hard-fought civil rights progress. This policy report examines the systematically unequal treatment of black & Hispanic Americans & other minorities as compared to their similarly situated white counterparts within the criminal justice system. It reviews the effects of such unequal treatment on these groups & on the criminal justice system.
Plea Bargaining’s Triumph
Author: George FisherPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804751353
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Though originally an interloper in a system of justice mediated by courtroom battles, plea bargaining now dominates American criminal justice. This book traces the evolution of plea bargaining from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its present pervasive role. Through the first three quarters of the nineteenth century, judges showed far less enthusiasm for plea bargaining than did prosecutors. After all, plea bargaining did not assure judges “victory”; judges did not suffer under the workload that prosecutors faced; and judges had principled objections to dickering for justice and to sharing sentencing authority with prosecutors. The revolution in tort law, however, brought on a flood of complex civil cases, which persuaded judges of the wisdom of efficient settlement of criminal cases. Having secured the patronage of both prosecutors and judges, plea bargaining quickly grew to be the dominant institution of American criminal procedure. Indeed, it is difficult to name a single innovation in criminal procedure during the last 150 years that has been incompatible with plea bargaining’s progress and survived.