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Church, Thomas W.

 
9780791411865: Speedy Disposition: Monetary Incentives and Policy Reform in Criminal Courts
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ISBN 10 : 0791411869 ISBN 13 : 9780791411865
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

Monetary incentives are increasingly seen as attractive alternatives to strict regulatory approaches for achieving objectives. This book examines one of the most ambitious attempts to use monetary incentives in the criminal justice system: New York City's $8.25 million Speedy Disposition Program (SDP). New York City officials introduced SDP as an incentive scheme to encourage the city's six District Attorneys to accelerate the disposition of those criminal cases that most contributed to the city's chronic jail overcrowding problem. Substantial financial rewards would be given to those DAs' offices that managed to dispose of their oldest felony cases, those cases involving "long-term detainees."

The implementation of SDP in New York City - and the responses of the city's district attorneys to it - provides fascinating tales that teach much about innovation in criminal justice, about new approaches to court reform and delay reduction, and more generally, about the uses of monetary incentives as policy tools. Further, the program provides a rich source for analysis of the considerations that should go into the design of incentive programs, and into the contextual factors that argue for their applicability in other areas.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas W. Church is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany Milton Heumann is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0791411869
ISBN 13 
9780791411865
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
190
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780791411858: Speedy Disposition: Monetary Incentives and Policy Reform in Criminal Courts

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ISBN 10 :  0791411850 ISBN 13 :  9780791411858
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1992
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