Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-on-Crime Era: How Judges Rertained Powerand Why Mass Incarceration Happened Anyway

O'Hear, Michael

ISBN 10: 0299310205 / ISBN 13: 9780299310202

Edité par University of Wisconsin Press, 2017

INSCRIBED by the author. 9.5x6", xv+266 pp. VG, clean & tight. ; Signed by Author. N° de réf. du vendeur 30500

Synopsis :

The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blamed on the mandatory sentencing required by "three strikes" laws and other punitive crime bills. Michael O'Hear shows that the blame is actually not so easily assigned. His meticulous analysis of incarceration in Wisconsin-a state where judges have considerable discretion in sentencing-explores the reasons why the prison population has ballooned nearly tenfold over the past forty years.

O'Hear tracks the effects of sentencing laws and politics in Wisconsin from the eve of the imprisonment boom in 1970 up to the 2010s. Drawing on archival research, original public-opinion polling, and interviews with dozens of key policymakers, he reveals important dimensions that have been missed by others. He draws out lessons from the Wisconsin experience for the United States as a whole, where mass incarceration has cost taxpayers billions of dollars and caused untold misery to millions of inmates and their families.

À propos de l?auteur: Michael M. O'Hear is a professor of law at Marquette University. He is an editor of the journal Federal Sentencing Reporter and has published many articles on sentencing law, criminal procedure, and public opinion about the criminal justice system.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Wisconsin Sentencing in the Tough-on-Crime ...
Éditeur : University of Wisconsin Press
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Hardcover
Signé : Signé par l'auteur