The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole
In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percent...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2019-03, Vol.99 (2), p.241-262 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 262 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 2 |
| container_start_page | 241 |
| container_title | The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| container_volume | 99 |
| creator | Leigey, Margaret E. Schartmueller, Doris |
| description | In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percentages of LWOP inmates in their prison populations. After a comparison of what type of convictions trigger LWOP, we discuss the impact the LWOP population has had on the states’ correctional systems. We then assess the human costs of LWOP by problematizing the indeterminacy of the sentence and comparing how international and domestic courts have restricted its use. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1177/0032885519825496 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2180548804</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sage_id>10.1177_0032885519825496</sage_id><sourcerecordid>2180548804</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c309t-2bbd716a1da687c95f84ad28a69643459555aa1b19977a65bbb56c40662ceb53</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp1kM1LAzEQxYMoWKt3jwHPq5lsJh9HKdYKBT0UPC6T3azd0jY12T3437ulgiA4l3d4v_cGHmO3IO4BjHkQopTWIoKzEpXTZ2wCiLIwKOU5mxzt4uhfsqucN2I8LWDCYLUOfN7lmrac9g1fDDva81nMfeax5cuuDfy969dx6PkbpbgN1-yipW0ONz86Zav502q2KJavzy-zx2VRl8L1hfS-MaAJGtLW1A5bq6iRlrTTqlToEJEIPDhnDGn03qOuldBa1sFjOWV3p9pDip9DyH21iUPajx8rCVagslaokRInqk4x5xTa6pC6HaWvCkR13KX6u8sYKU6RTB_ht_Rf_ht4j18u</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>2180548804</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole</title><source>HeinOnline Law Journal Library</source><source>SAGE Journals</source><creator>Leigey, Margaret E. ; Schartmueller, Doris</creator><creatorcontrib>Leigey, Margaret E. ; Schartmueller, Doris</creatorcontrib><description>In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percentages of LWOP inmates in their prison populations. After a comparison of what type of convictions trigger LWOP, we discuss the impact the LWOP population has had on the states’ correctional systems. We then assess the human costs of LWOP by problematizing the indeterminacy of the sentence and comparing how international and domestic courts have restricted its use.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0032-8855</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1552-7522</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1177/0032885519825496</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications</publisher><subject>Costs ; Criminal sentences ; Parole & probation ; Parole officers ; Prisoners ; Prisons</subject><ispartof>The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2019-03, Vol.99 (2), p.241-262</ispartof><rights>2019 SAGE Publications</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c309t-2bbd716a1da687c95f84ad28a69643459555aa1b19977a65bbb56c40662ceb53</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c309t-2bbd716a1da687c95f84ad28a69643459555aa1b19977a65bbb56c40662ceb53</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0032885519825496$$EPDF$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0032885519825496$$EHTML$$P50$$Gsage$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,21818,27923,27924,43620,43621</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Leigey, Margaret E.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schartmueller, Doris</creatorcontrib><title>The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole</title><title>The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.)</title><description>In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percentages of LWOP inmates in their prison populations. After a comparison of what type of convictions trigger LWOP, we discuss the impact the LWOP population has had on the states’ correctional systems. We then assess the human costs of LWOP by problematizing the indeterminacy of the sentence and comparing how international and domestic courts have restricted its use.</description><subject>Costs</subject><subject>Criminal sentences</subject><subject>Parole & probation</subject><subject>Parole officers</subject><subject>Prisoners</subject><subject>Prisons</subject><issn>0032-8855</issn><issn>1552-7522</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2019</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNp1kM1LAzEQxYMoWKt3jwHPq5lsJh9HKdYKBT0UPC6T3azd0jY12T3437ulgiA4l3d4v_cGHmO3IO4BjHkQopTWIoKzEpXTZ2wCiLIwKOU5mxzt4uhfsqucN2I8LWDCYLUOfN7lmrac9g1fDDva81nMfeax5cuuDfy969dx6PkbpbgN1-yipW0ONz86Zav502q2KJavzy-zx2VRl8L1hfS-MaAJGtLW1A5bq6iRlrTTqlToEJEIPDhnDGn03qOuldBa1sFjOWV3p9pDip9DyH21iUPajx8rCVagslaokRInqk4x5xTa6pC6HaWvCkR13KX6u8sYKU6RTB_ht_Rf_ht4j18u</recordid><startdate>201903</startdate><enddate>201903</enddate><creator>Leigey, Margaret E.</creator><creator>Schartmueller, Doris</creator><general>SAGE Publications</general><general>SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>K7.</scope></search><sort><creationdate>201903</creationdate><title>The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole</title><author>Leigey, Margaret E. ; Schartmueller, Doris</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c309t-2bbd716a1da687c95f84ad28a69643459555aa1b19977a65bbb56c40662ceb53</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2019</creationdate><topic>Costs</topic><topic>Criminal sentences</topic><topic>Parole & probation</topic><topic>Parole officers</topic><topic>Prisoners</topic><topic>Prisons</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Leigey, Margaret E.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schartmueller, Doris</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Criminal Justice (Alumni)</collection><jtitle>The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Leigey, Margaret E.</au><au>Schartmueller, Doris</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole</atitle><jtitle>The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.)</jtitle><date>2019-03</date><risdate>2019</risdate><volume>99</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>241</spage><epage>262</epage><pages>241-262</pages><issn>0032-8855</issn><eissn>1552-7522</eissn><abstract>In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percentages of LWOP inmates in their prison populations. After a comparison of what type of convictions trigger LWOP, we discuss the impact the LWOP population has had on the states’ correctional systems. We then assess the human costs of LWOP by problematizing the indeterminacy of the sentence and comparing how international and domestic courts have restricted its use.</abstract><cop>Los Angeles, CA</cop><pub>SAGE Publications</pub><doi>10.1177/0032885519825496</doi><tpages>22</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0032-8855 |
| ispartof | The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2019-03, Vol.99 (2), p.241-262 |
| issn | 0032-8855 1552-7522 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_2180548804 |
| source | HeinOnline Law Journal Library; SAGE Journals |
| subjects | Costs Criminal sentences Parole & probation Parole officers Prisoners Prisons |
| title | The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-10T14%3A37%3A01IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20Fiscal%20and%20Human%20Costs%20of%20Life%20Without%20Parole&rft.jtitle=The%20Prison%20journal%20(Philadelphia,%20Pa.)&rft.au=Leigey,%20Margaret%20E.&rft.date=2019-03&rft.volume=99&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=241&rft.epage=262&rft.pages=241-262&rft.issn=0032-8855&rft.eissn=1552-7522&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/0032885519825496&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E2180548804%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=2180548804&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_sage_id=10.1177_0032885519825496&rfr_iscdi=true |