Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times

• Author(s): Michael Tonry,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 0195349679
  ISBN_13: 9780195349672
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Penology , Law / Criminal Procedure , Social Science / Criminology ,

Description:... This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume provides material on penal policy development and research and presents an international, comparative focus. Written by leading national and international authorities, it offers some of the broadest efforts to characterize recent penal trends and to analyze their causes and consequences.