NCJ Number
32901
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1976) Pages: 218-229
Date Published
1976
Length
12 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND COURT DECISIONS ON SENTENCING AND ORGANIZED CRIME; PROBATION, PAROLE, AND IMPRISONMENT AND JUVENILES.
Abstract
THE ARTICLE BEGINS BY DISCUSSING THE PROVISION UNDER THE MODEL SENTENCING ACT WHEREBY A DEFENDANT CLASSIFIED AS A MEMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME MAY BE SENTENCED TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT UP TO THIRTY YEARS REGARDLESS OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE UNDERLYING FELONY. ALSO COVERED ARE RECENT ACTIONS BY THE U.S. BOARD OF PAROLE AND COURT DECISIONS ON SEARCHES INCIDENT TO PROBATION AND PAROLE REVOCATION PROCEEDINGS. OTHER JUDICIAL DECISIONS REVIEWED INCLUDE THOSE CONCERNING CORRECTIONAL DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS, PAROLE RELEASE DATES, PROMPTNESS OF HEARINGS, AND JUVENILE RIGHTS.