Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries

• Author(s): Michael Tonry, Richard Frase,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 456
• ISBN_10: 0195350111
  ISBN_13: 9780195350111
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Law / Criminal Procedure , Law / Comparative , Law / General ,

Description:... This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives on sentencing policy developments, among other topics. Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries provides a range of scholars and students excellent cross-national knowledge of sentencing laws and practices, when and why they have changed over time, and with what effects.