The Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

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An excellent reference tool this book explores a range of sentencing-related topics including the principal purposes of criminal sentences restorative justice guilty pleas and plea bargaining rights during sentencing proceedings sentencing factors different ways to structure sentencing systems community-based sentencing options the death penalty Eighth Amendment constraints on sentences in noncapital cases parole release probation and parole revocation and enmeshed penalties (often called the collateral consequences of a conviction). The latter half of the book contains a helpful and illuminating overview of the constitutional rights of prisoners the mechanics of litigating incarcerated persons 1983 suits and the remedies available to them.