Description: American Sentencing : What Happens and Why, Paperback by Tonry, Michael (EDT), ISBN 022664507X, ISBN-13 9780226645070, Brand New, Free shipping in the US American Sentencing provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of efforts in the state and the federal systems to make sentencing fairer, reduce overuse of imprisonment, and help offenders live law-abiding lives. It addresses a variety of topics and themes related to sentencing and reform, including racial disparities, violence prediction, plea negotiation, case processing, federal and state guidelines, California&;s historic &;realignment,&; and more. This volume covers what students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers need to know about how sentencing really works, what a half century&;s &;reforms&; have and have not accomplished, how sentencing processes can be made fairer, and how sentencing outcomes can be made more just. Its writers are among America&;s leading scholarly specialists&;often the leading specialist&;in their fields. Clearly and accessibly written, American Sentencing is ideal for teaching use in seminars and courses on sentencing, courts, and criminal justice. Its authors&; diverse perspectives shed light on these issues, making it likely the single, most authoritative source of information on the state of sentencing in America today.
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Book Title: American Sentencing : What Happens and Why
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Publication Name: Crime and Justice, Volume 48 : American Sentencing
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: General, Criminal Law / General, Criminal Law / Sentencing
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Author: Michael Tonry
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Law
Series: Crime and Justice: a Review of Research Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
