Sentencing in Time /

"Exactly how is it we think the ends of justice are accomplished by means of sentencing a convict to a term in prison? How do we relate a quantitative measure of time--months and years--to the objectives of deterring crime, punishing wrongdoers, and accomplishing a quality of justice for those...

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Main Author:	Meyer, Linda, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2017]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Sentences (Criminal procedure) Prison sentences. Criminal justice, Administration of. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States. Prison sentences > United States. Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States. United States. Open access publications. Electronic books.
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