Research Catalog

Title

The law and policy of sentencing and corrections in a nutshell / by Lynn S. Branham.

Author

Branham, Lynn S., 1955-

Publication

St. Paul, MN : West/Thomson, ©2010.

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Details

Description

xxxiii, 497 pages; 19 cm.

Series Statement

West nutshell series

Uniform Title

Nutshell series

Subject

• Correctional law > United States
• Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States
• Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
• 86.43 criminal procedure law, criminal law sanctions
• 86.44 penitentiary law
• Correctional law
• Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• Strafstelsel
• Strafprocesrecht
• Penitentiair recht
• United States
• Verenigde Staten

Genre/Form

• examination study guides.
• Study guides
• Study guides.
• Guides de l'étudiant.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

pt. 1. The law and policy of sentencing -- Introduction to sentencing -- Guilty pleas and plea bargaining -- The sentencing process -- Sentencing statutes and guidelines -- Community-based sanctions -- The death penalty -- Cruel and unusual punishment and noncapital cases -- Parole release and probation and parole revocation -- Collateral sanctions and consequences -- pt. 2. The law and policy of corrections -- Prisoners' rights : an introduction -- First amendment rights -- Right of access to the courts -- Prison disciplinary proceedings -- Transfers, classification, and prison programming -- Searches, seizures, and privacy rights -- Due-process claims for personal injuries and property deprivations --Cruel and unusual punishment -- pt. 3. Prisoners' rights litigation -- The mechanics of litigating inmates' Section 1983 suits -- Remedies.

ISBN

• 9780314249395
• 0314249397

LCCN

2010485173

OCLC

• ocn555690321
• 555690321
• SCSB-9270900

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library