Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times [Paperback]

This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume provides material on penal policy development and research and presents an international, comparative focus. Written by leading national and international authorities, it offers some of the broadest efforts to characterize recent penal trends and to analyze their causes and consequences.

Contributors
Introduction: Penal Policies at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
The Importance of Penal Policy
The Determinants of Penal Policy
The Transferability of Penal Policy
The Spread of Innovation
One: Penal Developments in America
The Punitiveness Story
The Sentencing Story
The Fragmntation Story
The United States
U.S. Sentencing Systems Fragmenting,Michael Tonry
The Status of Sentencing Guideline Reforms in the United States,Kevin R. Reitz
Political Preoccupation with Crime Leads, Not Follows, Public Opinion,Katherine Beckett
The Penal System as Labor Market Institution: Jobs and Jails, 1980-1995,Katherine Beckett and Bruce Western
Why are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High?,Michael Tonry
Early State Guidelines Systems
Washington State Sentencing Changes, 1994-1997,Richard D. Van Wagenen
Ohio Guidelines Take Effect,Fritz Rauschenberg
Pennsylvania Revises Sentencing Guidelines,Cynthia Kempinen
North Carolina
North Carolina Prepares for Guidelines Sentencing,Ronald F. Wright
Sentencing Changes in North Carolina,Robin L. Lubitz
Flexibility in North Carolina Structured Sentencing, 1995-1997,Ronald F. Wright
Two: Penal Developments in Europe and Japan
Incarceration Rates across the World,Andr?l³"