Prison Population and Criminal Justice Policy in California
Author | : Franklin E. Zimring |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Franklin E. Zimring |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Council on Crime and Delinquency |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Correctional institutions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kathleen Auerhahn |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0791486419 |
From the 1970s to the new millennium, the prison population in the United States has quadrupled while an unprecedented amount of sentencing reform has taken place, largely intended to protect the public from dangerous criminals. This book details the California experience, including the history and politics of criminal sentencing policy reform, as well as the consequences of this activity to the criminal justice system. Using cutting-edge computer simulation modeling, Kathleen Auerhahn explores the impact that sentencing reforms dating back to the 1970s have had on the composition and structure of the criminal justice system, with specific focus on prison populations. She illustrates how dynamic systems simulation modeling is used to both examine "possible futures" under a variety of sentencing structures and sentencing policy alternatives, including narrowing "strike zones" and the early release of elderly offenders, in order to more effectively target the dangerous criminals these policies promise to remove from society via incarceration.
Author | : Christine Gardiner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Criminal justice, Administration of |
ISBN | : 9781531004958 |
California¿s Criminal Justice System, Third Edition, shares the history, purpose, structure, and procedures of California¿s criminal justice system. It begins with conversations about the state of crime in California, the demographics of crime, and the practices of legislative actions and direct democracy in creating state laws. The book includes discussions of criminal justice policies as well as criminal justice institutions such as policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Each chapter is authored by an expert in the field and highlights some of the current issues, challenges, and controversies facing California¿s criminal justice system. The authors also highlight some of the current criminal justice policies and controversies within the state, including gun policy, sex crime policy, drug policy, capital punishment, realignment, gangs, and victims¿ rights. In addition, the authors include discussions on a variety of different employment opportunities related to criminal justice and the occupational outlook for these positions. This text is appropriate for undergraduate students in introductory courses on criminal justice, law, and government, and can be used either as a supplemental text or as a stand-alone resource for students.
Author | : Matthew Epperson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0190653094 |
Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives and disciplines including scholars, practitioners, and persons with incarceration histories. The text grapples with tough questions and builds a foundation for the decarceration field.
Author | : Kevin Wehr |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2013-06-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135093113 |
This short text, ideal for Social Problems and Criminal Justice courses, examines the American prison system, its conditions, and its impact on society. Wehr and Aseltine define the prison industrial complex and explain how the current prison system is a contemporary social problem. They conclude by using California as a case study, and propose alternatives and alterations to the prison system.
Author | : Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, Calif.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Imprisonment |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Franklin E. Zimring |
Publisher | : Studies in Crime and Public Policy |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780195171174 |
The authors provide a comprehensive treatment of the politics and impact of 'get tough' criminal sentencing legislation in the United States. The book includes a study of the celebrated California 'three strikes' law.
Author | : Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Criminals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hadar Aviram |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2024-03-05 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0520386124 |
"The COVID-19 disaster in California's prisons stands out as the worst medical prison catastrophe in the state's history. Three-quarters of the state's prison population was infected; 264 incarcerated people and 50 staff members died. In Fester, authors Hadar Aviram and Chad Goerzen expose the COVID-19 correctional experience through hundreds of first-person accounts, months of courtroom observations, years of carefully collected quantitative COVID-19 data, and a wealth of policy documents. Already vulnerable from decades of overcrowding and abysmal healthcare, California's prison population bore the brunt of the COVID-19 horror. Fester bears witness to the immense suffering we bring on ourselves and our fellow humans through dehumanization, fear, and ignorance, and stands as a monument for a brave coalition of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, family members and loved ones, advocates and activists, doctors and journalists, who worked to shed light on one of the darkest times in the Golden State's correctional system"--