Sentencing
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Dean John Champion.
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781598840872; 9781598840889
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States; Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States -- Cases; Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Genres: Cases.
Description: From the Code of Hammurabi (1800 BC) to the present, Sentencing: A Reference Handbook follows the historical evolution of the process of criminal punishment, then focuses on the U.S. judicial system to show how American sentencing laws have changed in response to surges of different types of crime, or to other factors such as prison overcrowding. To help readers understand the complex issue of criminal sentencing, this informative volume describes the major sentencing procedures used in American courts (determinate, indeterminate, guidelines-based, and mandatory), highlighting the merits and flaws of each with well-documented cases and examples. Coverage includes a range of contentious issues, including the disproportionate application of the death penalty, sex offender laws, punishing the addicted and the mentally ill, and balancing punishment with rehabilitation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and history; title: Problems, controversies, and solutions; title: Worldwide perspective; title: Chronology; title: Biographical sketches; title: Facts, data, and leading U.S. Supreme Court cases; title: Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies; title: Resources.