Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries

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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.

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  Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries

  • 2001-03-12
  • 456 pages
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  • Oxford University Press, USA
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  • 2001
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