Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-On-Crime Era: How Judges Retained Power and Why Mass Incarceration Happened Anyway

Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-On-Crime Era: How Judges Retained Power and Why Mass Incarceration Happened Anyway
ISBN-10
0299310205
ISBN-13
9780299310202
Category
History
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2017-01-17
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Pres
Author
Michael O’Hear

Description

The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blamed on mandatory sentencing laws, but this case study of a state with judicial discretion in sentencing reveals that other significant factors influence high incarceration rates.

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