RATE AND LENGTH OF IMPRISONMENT - HOW DOES THE US COMPARE WITH THE NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN?

• NCJ Number: 38872
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 51-55
• Author(s): E DOLESCHAL
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE RATE AND LENGTH OF IMPRISONMENT IN THESE THREE COUNTIRES WHOSE SENTENCING POLICIES AND PRACTICES PRODUCE COMMITMENT FIGURES AS LOW AS ONE-TWELFTH THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES....ELW