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- Title
Sentencing Reform: Let's Keep What We Know Works and Avoid What We Know Fails.
- Authors
OTIS, WILLIAM
- Abstract
The article examines the role of sentencing reform in reducing crime in the U.S Topics discussed include increased number of prison population; the U.S. Congress act of adopting mandatory minimums for offenses such as firearms trafficking and drugs; programs reducing prison populations; and the U.S. Justice Department report on punishment purposes and incarceration.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SENTENCING reform; CRIMINAL sentencing laws; CRIMINAL sentencing; IMPRISONMENT; CORRECTIONAL law; PRISON population; GOVERNMENT policy; LAW
- Publication
Federal Sentencing Reporter, 2016, Vol 28, Issue 3, p219
- ISSN
1053-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/fsr.2016.28.3.219