{"product_id":"between-prison-and-probation-intermediate-punishments-in-a-rational-sentencing-system-paperback","title":"Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorval Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael H. Tonry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael H. Tonry\u003c\/b\u003e (Joint Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the country prisons are jammed to capacity and, in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with about one million people in prison and jail, and two and a half million on probation, it is clear we are experiencing a crisis in our penal system.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eBetween Prison and Probation\u003c\/em\u003e, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, two of the nation's leading criminologists, offer an important and timely strategy for alleviating these problems. They argue that our overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the flow of convicted offenders because the two extremes of punishment--imprisonment and probation--are both used excessively, with a near-vacuum of useful punishments in between. Morris and Tonry propose instead a comprehensive program that relies on a range of punishment including fines and other financial sanctions, community service, house arrest, intensive probation, closely supervised treatment programs for drugs, alcohol and mental illness, and electronic monitoring of movement. Used in rational combinations, these \"intermediate\" punishments would better serve the community than our present polarized choice. Serious consideration of these punishments has been hindered by the widespread perception that they are therapeutic rather than punitive. The reality, however, Morris and Tonry argue, \"is that the American criminal justice system is both too severe and too lenient--almost randomly.\" Systematically implemented and rigorously enforced, intermediate punishments can \"better and more economically serve the community, the victim, and the criminal than the prison terms and probation orders they supplant.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eBetween Prison and Probation\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond mere advocacy of an increasing use of intermediate punishments; the book also addresses the difficult task of fitting these punishments into a comprehensive, fair and community-protective sentencing system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorval Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Chicago and the author of ten books on criminology. \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Tonry\u003c\/strong\u003e is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School. Together they edit \u003cem\u003eCrime and Justice--A Review of Research\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.54 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862712770757,"sku":"9780195071382","price":81.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/wyTPR4Owl99780195071382.webp?v=1771571776","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/between-prison-and-probation-intermediate-punishments-in-a-rational-sentencing-system-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}