Booker, Judges, and Mass Incarceration

Adelman and Deitrich discuss the issue of mass incarceration. The present rate of incarceration in the US is some five times higher than the norm that prevailed in most of the twentieth century. Moreover, mass incarceration is producing deep and harmful social transformations in the communities of t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Federal sentencing reporter 2017-04, Vol.29 (4), p.224-225
Hauptverfasser: ADELMAN, JUDGE LYNN, DEITRICH, JON
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Adelman and Deitrich discuss the issue of mass incarceration. The present rate of incarceration in the US is some five times higher than the norm that prevailed in most of the twentieth century. Moreover, mass incarceration is producing deep and harmful social transformations in the communities of those incarcerated-communities that are disproportionately poor, urban, and African American.
ISSN:1053-9867
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DOI:10.1525/fsr.2017.29.4.224