America's correctional crisis : prison populations and public policy
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America's correctional crisis : prison populations and public policy
（Contributions in criminology and penology, no. 17）
Greenwood Press, 1987
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Bibliography: p. [243]-248
Includes index
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Description
These essays treat the legal, financial, ethical, political, institutional, and social dimensions of the most important element of America's correctional crisis: prison overcrowding. The collection may become a standard work in the field, especially for those who question the feasibility and wisdom of building more prisons. The need for rational policy-making that links prison sentences with available prison space comes through clearly and forcefully. Chapters by well-known authorities describe the extent of overcrowding in prisons and jails, review current law regarding the constituitonality of overcrowded prison facilities, and summarize research on causes and consequences. . . . Highly recommended. Choice
Because of the recent explosion in the American prison population, which has risen more than 40 percent in just six years, overcrowding has reached crisis proportions and conditions within prisons continue to deteriorate. This book takes a close look at the policy implications of that crisis, addressing constitutional issues, economic and political questions, and a wide range of possible long- and short-term solutions. Written by some of the most experienced academics and consultants now working the field, it provides a theoretical orientation and up-to-date factual background for each of the issues and practical policy alternatives that are studied.
Table of Contents
The Crisis Introduction by Stephen D. Gottfredson and Sean McConville The Totality of Conditions Test in Eighth Amendment Litigation by Barton L. Ingraham and Charles F. Wellford The Costs of Incarceration by Todd R. Clear and Patricia M. Harris Attitudes of Correctional Policymakers and the Public by Stephen D. Gottfredson and Ralph B. Taylor Policy Options State Responses to Prison Crowding: The Politics of Change by Joan Mullen The English Response to the Penal Crisis by Sean McConville and Eryl Hall Williams The Problem of Crowding: A System Out of Control by Don M. Gottfredson Sentencing and the Prison Crowding Problem by Alfred Blumstein Structuring the Development of Alternatives to Incarceration by Alan T. Harland and Philip W. Harris A Brief for Deescalating Criminal Sanctions by M. Kay Harris Aid from Industry? Private Corrections and Prison Crowding by Sean McConville Bibliography Index
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