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Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective

Michael Tonry, Kathleen Hatlestad - Social Science - 1997 - 305 pages
Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western nation. Increasingly, countries are importing policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere. In that ...
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Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes and You're Out in California

Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, Sam Kamin - Law - 2001 - 264 pages
"[A] major study of this unique legislation.... [It] is, quite simply, required reading for anyone interested in crime policy in California, the United States in general, or ...
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Prisons

Lois Warburton - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1993 - 114 pages
Discusses prisons in this country, including their history, philosophy of punishment, prison conditions, keeping people out of prisons, prison reform, and the goal of prisons.
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Prisons in Crisis

William L. Selke - Social Science - 1993 - 180 pages
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