Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System - Softcover

Morris, Norval

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195071387 ISBN 13: 9780195071382

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this work two leading American criminologists argue that fundamental sentencing reforms are needed before the US corrections system can contend with an escalating crime rate. They recommend the adoption of intermediate punishments - community-based sanctions of increasing severity - which can fill the gap between costly and punitive incarceration currently reserved for a minority of convicted offenders and parole served by the majority of offenders. The authors first analyse the evolution of sentencing in America and consider why intermediate punishments successfully applied in other countries have failed in the US. The authors examine a range of intermediate punishments such as intensive probation, fines, community service orders, and drug treatment programmes, as well as the types of criminals they are applicable for, their enforceability and effectiveness, and the major objections to their use.

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About the Author

About the authors:
Norval Morris is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Chicago and the author of ten books on criminology. Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School. Together they edit Crime and Justice--A Review of Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195071387
• ISBN 13: 9780195071382
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300