Penology and punishment

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 ?

Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders.

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.

The press called Martin's actions a "e;crime spree.

This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries.

In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia.

Sentencing and corrections issues are much the same in every Western country and increasingly efforts are being made to import policies and practices that have succeeded elsewhere.

Suicide in prison is a growing problem across the developed world.

In an age of invasive technology and mass data collection, how can we understand the true impact of surveillance on our lives and communities?

This book introduces readers to the concept of parental alienation (PA), a belief system that is used with increasing frequency in judicial child custody and parenting plan decisions.

The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed emerged during the negotiations of the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and has raged fiercely for over a decade.

The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed emerged during the negotiations of the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and has raged fiercely for over a decade.

The Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Health, Crime, and Punishment covers many topics on the numerous ways in which mental and physical health and criminal justice system contact influence one another and are intricately intertwined.

Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy offers a historical survey of imaginings of the prison as expressed in carceral metaphors in a range of texts about imprisonment from Antiquity to the present as well as non-penal situations described as confining or restrictive.

Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy offers a historical survey of imaginings of the prison as expressed in carceral metaphors in a range of texts about imprisonment from Antiquity to the present as well as non-penal situations described as confining or restrictive.

Respect and Criminal Justice offers the first sustained examination of 'respect' in criminal justice in England and Wales, where the value is elusive but of persisting significance.

Respect and Criminal Justice offers the first sustained examination of 'respect' in criminal justice in England and Wales, where the value is elusive but of persisting significance.

All five contemporary practitioners of the death penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam-- have performed executions on a regular basis over the past few decades.

Every year millions of families are affected by the imprisonment of a family member.

Every year millions of families are affected by the imprisonment of a family member.

All five contemporary practitioners of the death penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam-- have performed executions on a regular basis over the past few decades.