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The Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections in a Nutshell

11th Edition
Lynn S. Branham
ISBN: 9781636594132
Subject: Corrections And Sentencing
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 631
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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An excellent reference tool, this book explores a range of sentencing-related topics, including the principal purposes of criminal sentences, restorative justice, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, different ways to structure sentencing systems, procedural rights during sentencing proceedings, sentencing evidence, community-based sentences, the death penalty, Eighth Amendment constraints on sentences in noncapital cases, parole release, probation and parole revocation, and enmeshed penalties (often called the “collateral consequences” of a conviction). The latter half of the book contains an illuminating overview of the constitutional rights of incarcerated people, details on litigating their civil-rights suits challenging conditions of confinement and their treatment while incarcerated, and the remedies available to them.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Nutshells
Publication Date: 09/26/2022

Lynn S. Branham, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

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Some of the principal changes in the 11th edition of The Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections in a Nutshell include:

  • Amplified discussion of the costs and chief criticisms of the incapacitation rationale for incarceration
  • Expanded coverage of restorative justice, including key features of restorative-justice conferences and research findings
  • Canvassing of concerns regarding the imposition of fees on people convicted of crimes
  • Additional details on the “problem-solving model” of probation, including the integration of family group decision-making into probation planning
  • Inclusion of a subsection on evidence-based practices and their significance to sentences
  • Augmented overview of legislation to limit the triggering of enmeshed penalties (penalties that are not part of the sentence) and mitigate their adverse effects
  • Highlighting of lawyers’ strategies when settling conditions-of-confinement cases in compliance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s limits on prospective relief
  • Recent Supreme Court cases and other major developments in sentencing and correctional cases and legislation
  • Rearranging of chapters and addition of headings and subheadings to facilitate ease of reading and the distillation of key points

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