Böcker av Lynn S. Branham

An excellent reference tool, this book explores a range of sentencing-related topics, including the principal purposes of criminal sentences, restorative justice, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, rights during sentencing proceedings, sentencing factors, different ways to structure sentencing systems, community-based sentencing options, the death penalty, Eighth Amendment constraints on sentences in noncapital cases, parole release, probation and parole revocation, and enmeshed penalties (often called the "e;collateral consequences"e; of a conviction). The latter half of the book contains a helpful and illuminating overview of the constitutional rights of prisoners, the mechanics of litigating incarcerated persons' 1983 suits, and the remedies available to them.

Includes cases, statutes, court rules, sentencing guidelines, professional standards, articles, information on other countries' practices, and questions to provoke lively debates. The book spans plea bargaining, rights during sentencing, sentencing factors, community sentencing, the death penalty, noncapital cases and the Eighth Amendment, parole, and the penalties that attend a conviction.