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Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins's first premise is that our criminal justice system is a moral busybody, unwisely extended beyond its proper role of ...
Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity and, in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in ...
Fictional stories set in Burma, intended to illustrate issues of law and ethics, with commentary....
The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners ...
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The authors argue that America's overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the rising crime rate unless sentencing policy is fundamentally refor...
A Study Guide
Discusses the criminal responsibility of the mentally ill, looks at involuntary conduct, and argues that mental illness should affect sentencing, but ...
Developments, 1961-1965
Updates and supplements information which appeared in the report by Marc Ancel entitled Capital punishment, published in 1962 (United Nations document...
The Story of Norfolk Island & the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
Norval Morris tells the story of Alexander Maconochie, one of the outstanding early pioneers in penal reform. Maconochie's life and efforts on Norfolk...