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Sentencing and Corrections in the 21st Century: Setting the Stage for the Future
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Sentencing and Corrections in the 21st Century: Setting the Stage for the Future
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The effects of change upon corrections and sentencing and implications for the future are explored. Issues addressed in this report include: correctional population growth; from indeterminancy and rehabilitation to crime control and incapacitation; changes in crime rates; factors accounting for the growth in the incarceration rate; impact of the changes; examining the effectiveness of different strategies, such as incapacitation and deterrence, controversy over costs, intermediate sanctions, and what works -- rehabilitation; intended and unintended consequences; and emerging paradigms.