In search of remedies to the growing problem of correctional
crowding, federal, state, and local policy makers have begun to
experiment with a range of new "intermediate" sanctions. These
sanctions have taken a variety of forms--intensive probation
supervision, home confinement, boot camps, day fines, residential
community corrections, day reporting centers, and community service
programs. In Smart Sentencing a distinguished panel of experts
offers an in-depth assessment of the design, development, and
impact of each of these intermediate sanctions while also
discussing the most controversial issues surrounding the use of
alternative punishments (e.g., the purpose of sanctions,
effectiveness issues, gender bias, overrepresentation of
minorities). The contributors also look at the future of
intermediate sanctions and consider the many questions posed by
criminal justice professionals and students regarding their
continued development. "New concepts in sentencing are explored,
including home supervision, electronic monitoring, boot camps, day
fines, community service programs, residential community
corrections, and day reporting centers." --The Women's Advocate
"Smart Sentencing is a rich, critical collection evaluating various
intermediate sanctions such as community service, drug treatment
programs, and electronic monitoring. Twenty articles by leading
U.S. researchers ably chronicle progress made--and not made--by the
movement for intermediate sanctions." --Update "Smart Sentencing is
a rich and stimulating collection of reports from the field.
Contributors to this volume are astute observers of criminal
justice operations, and they rarely hesitate to describe problems
when they see them. . . . Smart Sentencing is highly recommended
and well worth reading. . . . While this volume strongly supports
the 'intermediate sanction movement,' it goes well beyond rhetoric
by providing professional assessments of what works and what
doesn't work. It also outlines a direction for future studies of
intermediate sanctions." --Federal Probation "A major contribution
to the study of this resurgent field. . . . Smart Sentencing
includes previously unpublished works from some renowned
authorities on intermediate sanctions. The book is aimed at
academics and correctional administrators who desire a better
understanding of intermediate sanctions. In concert with that aim,
the contributors keep the use of complex inferential statistics to
a minimum, instead relying on descriptive methods of measuring
diversion and cost savings. . . . Just as important, almost all of
the articles lay conceptual and theoretical foundations for a
particular sanction, something frequently neglected by in-house
correctional researchers and administrators." --The Criminologist
"This book provides a fairly detailed account of the experience of
intermediate sanctions in America. . . . Overall, this is a useful
book and the general quality of the contributions is high." --The
Magistrate
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