The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Edited by Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz

Oxford Handbooks

Unlike most books on this topic, this handbook considers the connection between sentencing and corrections
Edited by leading scholars in both sentencing and corrections

The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Edited by Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz

Description

It is no secret that America's sentencing and corrections systems are in crisis, and neither system can be understood or repaired fully without careful consideration of the other. This handbook examines the intertwined and multi-layered fields of American sentencing and corrections from global and historical viewpoints, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with close attention to many problem-specific arenas. Editors Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz, both leaders in their respective fields, bring together a group of preeminent scholars to present state-of-the art research, investigate current practices, and explore the implications of new and varied approaches wherever possible. The handbook's contributors bridge the gap between research and policy across a range of topics including an overview of mass incarceration and its collateral effects, explorations of sentencing theories and their applications, analyses of the full spectrum of correctional options, and first-hand accounts of life inside of and outside of prison. Individual chapters reflect expertise and source materials from multiple fields including criminology, law, sociology, psychology, public policy, economics, political science, and history.

Proving that the problems of sentencing and corrections, writ large, cannot be addressed effectively or comprehensively within the confines of any one discipline, The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections is a vital reference volume on these two related and central components of America's ongoing experiment in mass incarceration.

The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Edited by Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz

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Introduction: Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz, Sentencing and Corrections: Overlapping and Inseparable Subjects
Part I: Sentencing & Corrections: History and Present Context
Chapter 1: Jonathan Simon, Mass Incarceration: From Social Policy to Social Problem
Chapter 2: Michael Tonry, Race, Ethnicity, and Punishment
Chapter 3: Alec Ewald and Christopher Uggen, The Collateral Effects of Imprisonment on Prisoners, Their Families, and Communities
Chapter 4: Julian V. Roberts, Crime Victims, Sentencing, and Release from Prison.
Part II: Sentencing
A. Sentencing Theories and Their Application
Chapter 5: Richard S. Frase, Theories of Proportionality and Desert
Chapter 6: James L. Nolan, Jr., Problem-Solving Courts: An International Comparison
Chapter 7: Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob, Searching for Sasquatch: Deterrence of Crime Through Sentence Severity
Chapter 8: Christopher Slobogin, Risk Assessment
Chapter 9: Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang, Restorative Justice as Evidence-Based Sentencing
B. Sentencing Systems
Chapter 10: Ronald D. Wright, Charging and Plea Bargaining as Forms of Sentencing Discretion
Chapter 11: Kevin R. Reitz, The "Traditional " Indeterminate Sentencing Model
Chapter 12: Robert Weisberg, The Sentencing Commission Model, 1970s to Present
Chapter 13: Nancy J. King, Procedure at Sentencing
Part III: Corrections
A. The Correctional Context
Chapter 14: Karol Lucken and Thomas G. Blomberg, American Corrections: Reform Without Change
B. Community Corrections and Intermediate Punishments
Chapter 15: Faye S. Taxman, Probation, Intermediate Sanctions & Community-Based Corrections
C. Jails, Prisons and Other Secure Facilities
Chapter 16: Gary F. Cornelius, Jails, Pretrial Detention and Short-Term Confinement
Chapter 17: George M. Camp and Bert Useem, Prison Governance: Correctional Leadership in the Current Era
Chapter 18. Richard W. Harding, Regulating Prison Conditions: Some International Comparisons
D. What Works in Correctional Treatment?
Chapter 19: Steven Belenko, Kimberly A. Houser, and Wayne Welsh, Understanding the Impact of Drug Treatment in Correctional Settings
Chapter 20: Doris MacKenzie, The Effectiveness of Corrections-Based Work and Academic and Vocational Education Programs
E. Managing a Changing Offender Population
Chapter 21: Jennifer Skeem & Jillian Peterson, Identifying, Treating, and Reducing Risk for Offenders with Mental Illness
Chapter 22: Roxanne Lieb, Sex Offender Management and Treatment
Chapter 23: LaTosha Traylor and Beth Richie, Female Offenders and Women in Prison
Chapter 24: Craig Haney, The Psychological Impacts of Prison Confinement
Chapter 25: Michael Santos, Living Life Behind Bars in America
F. Prison Release and Reentry Challenges
Chapter 26: Edward Rhine, The Present Status and Future Prospects of Parole Boards and Parole Supervision
Chapter 27: Tom Le Bel and Shadd Maruna, Life on the Outside: Transitioning From Prison to the Community
Chapter 28: Christy Visher and Jeremy Travis, The Characteristics of Prisoners Returning Home and Effective Reentry Programs and Policies
G. The Death Penalty
Chapter 29: Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker, Broken and Beyond Repair: The American Death Penalty and the Insuperable Obstacles to Reform
Chapter 30: Franklin E. Zimring and David Johnson, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Four Destructive Influences of Capital Punishment on American Criminal Justice

The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Edited by Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz

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Author Information

Edited by Joan Petersilia, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford University, and Edited by Kevin R. Reitz, James Annenberg La Vea Land Grant Chair in Criminal Procedure Law, University of Minnesota

Joan Petersilia is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. She is the author of When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry and coeditor, with James Q. Wilson, of Crime and Public Policy.

Kevin R. Reitz is James Annenberg La Vea Land Grant Chair in Criminal Procedure Law. He currently serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute's project to revise the sentencing and corrections articles of the Model Penal Code. He is coauthor, with Henry Ruth, of The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response.

Contributors:

Steven Belenko is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
Thomas G. Blomberg is the Dean & Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology at Florida State University.
George M. Camp is a Partner at Criminal Justice Solutions, LLC and Principal of the Criminal Justice Institute, Inc. in Middletown, Connecticut.
Gary F. Cornelius was a Lieutenant with the Fairfax County (VA) Office of the Sheriff and was an adjunct faculty member in the Justice Department at George Mason University.
Anthony N. Doob is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Toronto.
Alec Ewald is an assistant professor of American Politics at the University of Vermont.
Richard S. Frase is the Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Minnesota.
Craig Haney is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California - Santa Cruz.
Richard W. Harding is an Emeritus Professor in the Crime Research Centre at the University of Western Australia.
Kimberly A. Houser was a doctoral graduate researcher in Criminal Justice at Temple University.
David Johnson is a Visiting Professor at New York Law School, a faculty member of the Institute for Information Law and Policy, and a former partner at the Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering law firm.
Nancy J. King is the Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School.
Thomas LeBel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Roxanne Lieb is the Director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy in Olympia, Washington.
Karol M. Lucken is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida.
Doris MacKenzie is a Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice at the Pennsylvania State University.
Shadd Maruna is the Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Studies in the School of Law at Queen's University - Belfast.
James L. Nolan, Jr. is a Professor of Sociology at Williams College.
Joan Petersilia is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
Jillian K. Peterson is a graduate researcher in Psychology & Social Behavior at the University of California - Irvine.
Kevin R. Reitz is the James Annenberg La Vea Land Grant Chair in Criminal Procedure Law at the University of Minnesota.
Edward E. Rhine is the Deputy Director of the Office of Policy and Offender Reentry at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Beth E. Richie is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Gender and Womens Studies at the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Julian V. Roberts is a Professor of Criminology at Oxford University and is the Editor of the European Journal of Criminology.
Michael Santos is an author on prison reform and a current prisoner at the Taft Prison Camp.
Lawrence W. Sherman is the Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University and the founding director of the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology.
Jonathan Simon is the Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law at the University of California - Berkeley.
Jennifer L. Skeem is a Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California - Irvine.
Christopher Slobogin is the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law, a Professor of Psychiatry, and the Director of the Criminal Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law School.
Carol Steiker is the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Heather Strang is the Director of the Centre for Restorative Justice at the Australian National University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge.
Faye S. Taxman is a University Professor of Criminology at George Mason University and an Affiliated Senior Research Scientist of Criminology at Rutgers University.
Michael Tonry is the Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Jeremy Travis is the President of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York.
LaTosha Traylor is a graduate researcher of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Christopher Uggen is the Distinguished McKnight Professor and Sociology Department chair at the University of Minnesota.
Bert Useem is a Professor and Department Head of Sociology at Purdue University.
Christy Visher is Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies (CDAS) and Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware.
Cheryl Webster is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.
Robert Weisberg is the Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
Wayne Welsh is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
Ronald F. Wright is a Professor of Law at Wake Forest University.
Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar at the University of California - Berkeley Law School.