Penology and punishment

Punishment policies and practices in the United States today are unprincipled, chaotic, and much too often unjust.

Many controversies in American criminal law reflect the tension between older and newer conceptions of the purposes of punishment.

Today, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations.

Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments.

The recent Boumediene v.

People convicted of crimes are subject to a criminal sentence, but they also face a host of other restrictive legal measures: Some are denied access to jobs, housing, welfare, the vote, or other goods.

While much has been written on both political obligation and the justification of punishment, there has been little sustained effort to link the two.

The explosive rise in the U.

States around the world imprison people for their beliefs or politically-motivated actions.

States around the world imprison people for their beliefs or politically-motivated actions.

In most countries, problematic drug use is dealt with primarily as a criminal justice issue, rather than a health issue.

In most countries, problematic drug use is dealt with primarily as a criminal justice issue, rather than a health issue.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Although the issue of offender decision-making pervades almost every discussion of crime and law enforcement, only a few comprehensive texts cover and integrate information about the role of decision-making in crime.

How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another?

The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972.

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west.

Crime is an American preoccupation.

In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon.

When appointed to the Supreme Court in 1970 by President Nixon, Harry A.

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it?

The question "e;What can justify criminal punishment ?

Michael Tonry, an internationally recognized authority on criminology, offers in these pages a comprehensive overview of current research, policy developments, and practical experiences concerning sentencing and sanctions.

The one, sure way that imprisonment prevents crime is by restraining offenders from committing crimes while they are locked up.

Today, American mental health law and policy promote the restoring of "e;law and order"e; in the community rather than protecting civil liberties for the individual.

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Western societies abandoned public executions in favor of private punishments, primarily confinement in penitentiaries and private executions.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

The first collective work devoted exclusively to the ethical and penal theoretical considerations of the use of artificial intelligence at sentencing Is it morally acceptable to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the determination of sentences on those who have broken the law?

The first collective work devoted exclusively to the ethical and penal theoretical considerations of the use of artificial intelligence at sentencing Is it morally acceptable to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the determination of sentences on those who have broken the law?

Why mass incarceration endures in the face of reforms, and how to truly change America's vast criminal justice systemCritics on both the left and the right increasingly use the term "e;mass incarceration"e; to call attention to the unprecedented scale and inequities of the U.

Why mass incarceration endures in the face of reforms, and how to truly change America's vast criminal justice systemCritics on both the left and the right increasingly use the term "e;mass incarceration"e; to call attention to the unprecedented scale and inequities of the U.

The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery.

The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery.

Whenever the topic of large jails and public hospitals in urban America is raised, a single idea comes to mind.

Whenever the topic of large jails and public hospitals in urban America is raised, a single idea comes to mind.

When the deplorable conditions in Alabama's prisons were revealed at trial in 1975, Judge Frank Johnson declared the prison system as a whole to constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment.

American prisons and jails are overflowing with inmates.

Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity, and in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow.

This book examines case studies of recent prison riots in five states, including the 1971 radical uprising in Attica, New York, and the infamous 1981 bloodbath at the New Mexico Penitentiary.

The book uses eight diverse case studies of prison riots to explore how the outcomes were affected by policies, procedures, management, communications, and strategy immediately before, during, and after the riot.

The Habits of Legality provides a broad survey of American criminal justice in a time of troubles.

While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment enjoys vast and growing support in the United States.

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was arguably the most important legislative achievement of President Clinton's first term.

Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe punishment at a time when public opinion has played a pivotal role in sentencing policy and reforms.

"e;Getting tough on crime"e; has been one of the favorite rallying cries of American politicians in the last two decades, and "e;getting tough"e; on repeat offenders has been particularly popular.

This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years.

Over 7,000 people have been legally executed in the United States this century, and over 3,000 men and women now sit on death rows across the country awaiting the same fate.