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 consider

Although criminal justice systems in developed Western countries are much alike in form, structure, and function, the American system is unique. While it is str

This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a nu

The power of the modern prosecutor arises from several features of the criminal justice landscape: widespread use of law and order political rhetoric and height

Research on prisons prior to the prison boom of the 1980s and 1990s focused mainly on inmate subcultures, inmate rights, and sociological interpretations of inm