Perspectives on Determinate Sentencing - A Selected Bibliography

• NCJ Number: 84151
• Author(s): W D Pointer; C Rosenstein
• Editor(s): M Kravitz
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 95 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-013-81
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This annotated bibliography features 213 citations about the impact of determinate sentencing on correctional systems, relevant legislative issues, and the debate about the merits of determinacy.

Abstract

The citations are presented in seven chapters: The Issues, Legislation, Impact on Corrections, Effect on Inmates, Parole and Determinate Sentencing, Determinate Sentencing in Juvenile Justice, and International Perspectives. In addition, the bibliography includes a description of the 5-volume national survey of American prisons and jails published in 1980. The documents cited were published after 1975 and include studies of determinate sentencing legislation, the actual and projected impact on specific State correctional systems, the effect on career criminals, and the relationship between determinate sentencing and proposals for abolishing parole. In addition, Australian and Canadian perspectives on U.S. sentencing reforms are included. Each citation includes an informative abstract and basic bibliographic data as well as ordering information; in addition, all documents are available on interlibrary loan from NCJRS. Author, subject, and title indexes provide access.