NCJ Number
166541
Date Published
1996
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This 1995 progress report describes the extent to which North Carolina has achieved its goals under the Structured Sentencing law in the first full year since its enactment.
Abstract
The report first lists the seven goals of the sentencing reform. Three of the goals are to establish truth in sentencing, increase the time served for felons and misdemeanants who are sent to prison, and increase the use of prison for violent offenders and use less expensive punishments for nonviolent offenders. The other four goals are to increase time served in prison for violent offenders; increase prison capacity to back up prison sentences; provide resources to increase supervision, monitoring, and control in the community; and provide more treatment, education, and work opportunities in the community. This progress report takes each of these goals and explains how it was undermined under the old law and how it has been served under the first full year of the new law. Data and figures are supplied to show sentencing and corrections trends before and after the implementation of the Structured Sentencing law. The evidence shows that there has been progress toward achieving each of the goals of Structured Sentencing in 1995. 7 figures