Second chances in the criminal justice system
Subtitle: alternatives to incarceration and reentry strategies
By: Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions, ABA.
Contributors: American Bar Association. Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions.
Publisher: American Bar Association, Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions; ABA, Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781590319956
Subjects: Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States; Prisoners -- Services for -- United States; Prisoners -- Counseling of -- United States; Recidivism -- United States
Other titles: Alternatives to incarceration and reentry strategies
Description: "This compendium of the Justice Kennedy Commission and the Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions focuses not only on fairness and proportionality of punishment, but also on ways in which criminal offenders may avoid or escape the permanent legal disabilities and stigma of a criminal record" -- p. 3.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Alternatives to incarceration and conviction; title: Improvements in probation and parole supervision; title: Employment and licensure of persons with a criminal record; title: Access to and use of criminal history information; title: Representation relating to collateral consequences; title: Training in the exercise of discretion.