A 25-Year Quagmire: The War On Drugs And Its Impact On
... A 25-YEAR QUAGMIRE: THE “WAR ON DRUGS” AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY ...
... A 25-YEAR QUAGMIRE: THE “WAR ON DRUGS” AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY ...
the secret memo. - Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu
... "Confidential Memorandum," dropping Mumia's name from anti-death penalty activities. Why? Because mentioning Mumia "alienates" potential "allies," such as the Fraternal Order of Police! The cops, you see, might go for abolishing the death penalty that they have hitherto supported if they could be co ...
... "Confidential Memorandum," dropping Mumia's name from anti-death penalty activities. Why? Because mentioning Mumia "alienates" potential "allies," such as the Fraternal Order of Police! The cops, you see, might go for abolishing the death penalty that they have hitherto supported if they could be co ...
house committee on - Texas House of Representatives
... 1. Examine fees and revocations for those on probation and parole; examine effectiveness of fees imposed as a condition of probation and parole; study technical revocations in adult probation to identify drivers of revocations, disparities across the state, and strategies for reducing technical revo ...
... 1. Examine fees and revocations for those on probation and parole; examine effectiveness of fees imposed as a condition of probation and parole; study technical revocations in adult probation to identify drivers of revocations, disparities across the state, and strategies for reducing technical revo ...
United Nations
... Please provide specific information on any legal measures taken to reform the juvenile justice system and the “alarming” situation of juveniles in detention. What specific measures are being taken to abandon the punitive approach in favour of a rehabilitative approach? Since the adoption of the Code ...
... Please provide specific information on any legal measures taken to reform the juvenile justice system and the “alarming” situation of juveniles in detention. What specific measures are being taken to abandon the punitive approach in favour of a rehabilitative approach? Since the adoption of the Code ...
“After” the War on Drugs - American Constitution Society
... The Sentencing Commission’s advocacy around crack cocaine sentencing reform was critical to emboldening Congress to finally take steps to change the harsh mandatory minimum penalties. First, the Commission’s extensive research and data collection provided an important factual foundation, serving bot ...
... The Sentencing Commission’s advocacy around crack cocaine sentencing reform was critical to emboldening Congress to finally take steps to change the harsh mandatory minimum penalties. First, the Commission’s extensive research and data collection provided an important factual foundation, serving bot ...
1 The Adult Felony Justice Journey
... · All of the paths through this diagram are possible for someone who is guilty of a nonviolent class 4 felony (an "F4") for which there are no sentence enhancers. Example: entering an unlocked detached garage and stealing $700 of tools (second degree burglary, a class 4 felony punishable with 2 to 6 ...
... · All of the paths through this diagram are possible for someone who is guilty of a nonviolent class 4 felony (an "F4") for which there are no sentence enhancers. Example: entering an unlocked detached garage and stealing $700 of tools (second degree burglary, a class 4 felony punishable with 2 to 6 ...
chapter 1
... LO1: List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. LO2: Contrast indeterminate with determinate sentencing. LO3: Explain why there is a difference between a sentence imposed by a judge and the actual sentence carried out by a prisoner. LO4: List the six forms of pu ...
... LO1: List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. LO2: Contrast indeterminate with determinate sentencing. LO3: Explain why there is a difference between a sentence imposed by a judge and the actual sentence carried out by a prisoner. LO4: List the six forms of pu ...
Deviant Behavior and Social Control
... view of normalcy and deviance and evaluate behavior according to the values of the culture in which it takes place. Ideally, they do not use their own values to judge the behavior of people from other cultures. Even though social scientists recognize that there is great variation in normal and devia ...
... view of normalcy and deviance and evaluate behavior according to the values of the culture in which it takes place. Ideally, they do not use their own values to judge the behavior of people from other cultures. Even though social scientists recognize that there is great variation in normal and devia ...
Breakthrough in U.S. Drug Sentencing Reform WOLA
... sentence for mere possession. Under federal law, a conviction for possession of other drugs would likely result in probation rather than a prison sentence. The last time Congress had approved any kind of sentence reduction occurred 16 years earlier, when it created a “safety valve” that allowed judg ...
... sentence for mere possession. Under federal law, a conviction for possession of other drugs would likely result in probation rather than a prison sentence. The last time Congress had approved any kind of sentence reduction occurred 16 years earlier, when it created a “safety valve” that allowed judg ...
prison conditions in the united states
... As in all our previous studies of prison conditions around the world, the Prison Project of Human Rights Watch, in reporting on U.S. prisons, examines the human rights aspects of imprisonment. We have not attempted to be comprehensive; rather, through a series of investigations, we try to highlight ...
... As in all our previous studies of prison conditions around the world, the Prison Project of Human Rights Watch, in reporting on U.S. prisons, examines the human rights aspects of imprisonment. We have not attempted to be comprehensive; rather, through a series of investigations, we try to highlight ...
File - (EPEA)
... The emphasis is on efficiency and cost-effectiveness, but also on justice and humane treatment. ...
... The emphasis is on efficiency and cost-effectiveness, but also on justice and humane treatment. ...
Reaction Essay: Crime (Control) is a Choice: Divergent Perspectives
... “Third, social programs have not and never will produce long-term changes in the behavior of career criminals. The majority of us grew up perfectly well without various programs to teach us how to act. We completed school, became employed, avoided drugs (or limited their use), and never resorted to ...
... “Third, social programs have not and never will produce long-term changes in the behavior of career criminals. The majority of us grew up perfectly well without various programs to teach us how to act. We completed school, became employed, avoided drugs (or limited their use), and never resorted to ...
On the Relation between Education and Crime
... being charged with a crime by spending resources on covering his illegal activity, "fixing" policemen and witnesses, employing legal counsel, or, in general, by providing "self-protection." The relevant object of choice to an offender might be defined more appropriately as an optimum occupational mi ...
... being charged with a crime by spending resources on covering his illegal activity, "fixing" policemen and witnesses, employing legal counsel, or, in general, by providing "self-protection." The relevant object of choice to an offender might be defined more appropriately as an optimum occupational mi ...
The Changing Racial Dynamics of the War on Drugs
... demonstrates that much of this disparity is fueled by disparate law enforcement practices. 1 In effect, police agencies have frequently targeted drug law violations in low-income communities of color for enforcement operations, while substance abuse in communities with substantial resources is more ...
... demonstrates that much of this disparity is fueled by disparate law enforcement practices. 1 In effect, police agencies have frequently targeted drug law violations in low-income communities of color for enforcement operations, while substance abuse in communities with substantial resources is more ...
Overcrowding and violence in federal correctional
... these rooms, subjects were asked to perform a variety of simple cognitive tasks. The authors found no significant result for room size or number of subjects in the room in terms of task performance. Freedman et al. (1971) replicated this study, this time using 306 students and groups of seven to nin ...
... these rooms, subjects were asked to perform a variety of simple cognitive tasks. The authors found no significant result for room size or number of subjects in the room in terms of task performance. Freedman et al. (1971) replicated this study, this time using 306 students and groups of seven to nin ...
Against Prediction: Sentencing, Policing, and
... two-year projections of the expected adult prison population. When its projections exceed available prison-bed capacity, the commission has to identify ways of either reducing the number of inmates admitted to prison or adjusting the length of their prison sentences. In fiscal year 2002, with dire p ...
... two-year projections of the expected adult prison population. When its projections exceed available prison-bed capacity, the commission has to identify ways of either reducing the number of inmates admitted to prison or adjusting the length of their prison sentences. In fiscal year 2002, with dire p ...
October 14, 2015 - Alaska Judicial Council
... o All Presentence Reports (if unavailable include police report, sentencing transcripts, or informational complaint) o Petitions to Revoke Probation (on parole cases only) o Current Classification o Current Criminal Convictions Summary ...
... o All Presentence Reports (if unavailable include police report, sentencing transcripts, or informational complaint) o Petitions to Revoke Probation (on parole cases only) o Current Classification o Current Criminal Convictions Summary ...
the promises and perils of evidence-based corrections
... Public beliefs about the best way to respond to crime change over time, and have been doing so at a rapid pace in recent years. After more than forty years of ever more severe penal policies, the punitive sentiment that fueled the growth of mass incarceration in the United States appears to be softe ...
... Public beliefs about the best way to respond to crime change over time, and have been doing so at a rapid pace in recent years. After more than forty years of ever more severe penal policies, the punitive sentiment that fueled the growth of mass incarceration in the United States appears to be softe ...
Ambiguities in European legal instruments on non
... prisoners. Gradually their affinity increased in the area of implementing community sentences too, as suspension of imprisonment in continental Europe increasingly became conditional on submission to community sanctions and measures. By 1981, their interests were sufficiently common across Europe to ...
... prisoners. Gradually their affinity increased in the area of implementing community sentences too, as suspension of imprisonment in continental Europe increasingly became conditional on submission to community sanctions and measures. By 1981, their interests were sufficiently common across Europe to ...
The National Criminal Justice Association: Home
... The Impact of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program How Byrne JAG is Changing the Criminal Justice System The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program (Byrne JAG) is the nation’s cornerstone crime-fighting program, supporting the federal government’s crucial role in spurring innovation, as well a ...
... The Impact of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program How Byrne JAG is Changing the Criminal Justice System The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program (Byrne JAG) is the nation’s cornerstone crime-fighting program, supporting the federal government’s crucial role in spurring innovation, as well a ...
Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across
... treated more harshly, perhaps similarly to men convicted of these crimes (see Crew, 1991; Farnworth and Teske, 1995; Spohn, 1999). This point of view contends that sentencing leniency is manifested only toward females who commit crimes that are ‘‘typical’’ of females and stereotypic female gender ro ...
... treated more harshly, perhaps similarly to men convicted of these crimes (see Crew, 1991; Farnworth and Teske, 1995; Spohn, 1999). This point of view contends that sentencing leniency is manifested only toward females who commit crimes that are ‘‘typical’’ of females and stereotypic female gender ro ...
Report: 10000 Fewer Michigan Prisoners
... Approximately 10,400 people are serving sentences of 24 months or less, raising questions about how prisons are used and what such sentences can really accomplish. Minimum sentences for the total prison population have been steadily increasing: • From 1989-2003, average minimum sentences increased ...
... Approximately 10,400 people are serving sentences of 24 months or less, raising questions about how prisons are used and what such sentences can really accomplish. Minimum sentences for the total prison population have been steadily increasing: • From 1989-2003, average minimum sentences increased ...
Reevaluating the Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory
... Association announcing critical reforms to the way the Department of Justice prosecutes and addresses drug crimes.32 This speech was historic and long overdue. The federal government cannot maintain a federal prison system that since 1980 has grown at an astonishing rate of almost 800 percent. In 20 ...
... Association announcing critical reforms to the way the Department of Justice prosecutes and addresses drug crimes.32 This speech was historic and long overdue. The federal government cannot maintain a federal prison system that since 1980 has grown at an astonishing rate of almost 800 percent. In 20 ...
Sentencing Reform, the Federal Criminal Justice
... A body of research was also emerging that suggested that a very small number of criminals was responsible for a huge proportion of crimes committed. The pioneering work of Marvin Wolfgang and others began to document this phenomenon, which led many in Congress and across the country to consider new ...
... A body of research was also emerging that suggested that a very small number of criminals was responsible for a huge proportion of crimes committed. The pioneering work of Marvin Wolfgang and others began to document this phenomenon, which led many in Congress and across the country to consider new ...
Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Return
... offenders and mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for those convicted of a third serious offense. These laws have applied broadly: As of 2010, more than 8 in 10 drug offenders in federal prisons were convicted of crimes that carried mandatory minimum sentences.10 Also durin ...
... offenders and mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for those convicted of a third serious offense. These laws have applied broadly: As of 2010, more than 8 in 10 drug offenders in federal prisons were convicted of crimes that carried mandatory minimum sentences.10 Also durin ...
Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, establish a more effective penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration.