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dc.contributor.authorM. Byrne, James
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:20:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2013-05-16T04:51:48Z
dc.identifier.issn15564886
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15564886.2010.485976
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/50604
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the use of community-based sentencing options within federal sentencing guidelines and offers specific recommendations for expanding the use of these sanctions. We begin by describing how the types of offenders and types of crimes prosecuted in our federal court system have changed since the passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. We then examine how various types of alternative sanctions-probation, probation and confinement, and prison/community split sentences-are currently being used in conjunction with federal sentencing guidelines in the sentencing of this new generation of federal offenders. We consider the issue of whether specific changes in sentencing guidelines are needed to increase the use of alternative sanctions and reduce post-Booker guideline departures. We conclude by estimating the impact of both sentencing guidelines reform and community-based program reform on public safety and the cost of corrections.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom220
dc.relation.ispartofpageto232
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalVictims and Offenders
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and Prevention of Crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602
dc.titleReforming Federal Sentencing Guidelines: A Modest Proposal
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorByrne, James


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