Topic
alternative sentencing
14 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lovely lengthy account of "Restoring Justice"
The latest issue of Harvard Magazine has this lengthy feature article on restorative justice titled "Restoring Justice:Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment." The piece is worth making time to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Encouraging DUI alternative sentencing story from South Dakota
Main December 13, 2015Encouraging DUI alternative sentencing story from South DakotaThe AP this past week had this encouraging story about an alternative approach to drunk driving offenses headlined "States encouraged…
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Great new USSC report (with some not-so-great data) on “Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System”
Main June 21, 2015Great new USSC report (with some not-so-great data) on "Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System" The US Sentencing Commission released last week this notable new…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Save money, reduce crime: Alternative sentencing works, so Ohio needs to do more of it”
Main May 20, 2014"Save money, reduce crime: Alternative sentencing works, so Ohio needs to do more of it"The title of this post is the headline of this notable lead editorial…
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Can a sentencing judge give low-level offenders a choice between jail and church?
Main September 25, 2011Can a sentencing judge give low-level offenders a choice between jail and church?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable local piece…
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“It’s ‘give back’ time: Locally grown foods and criminal sentences”
Main November 19, 2010"It's 'give back' time: Locally grown foods and criminal sentences"The title of this post is the headline of this interesting op-ed in today's Chicago Tribune authored by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Texas counties having success with home-detention technocorrections alternative punishment
Main August 23, 2010Texas counties having success with home-detention technocorrections alternative punishmentThis local story from Texas provides another example of all the cost-saving innovations in corrections finding a measure of…
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Considering alternative sentencing infrastructure in Colorado county
Main July 6, 2010Considering alternative sentencing infrastructure in Colorado countyThis interesting local article from Colorado, which is headlined "Commissioners look at alternative sentence building: Facility could ease jail pressures," provides…
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A distinctively eastern approach to alternative sentencing in Missouri
Main December 15, 2009A distinctively eastern approach to alternative sentencing in MissouriA helpful reader forwarded to me this interesting story from the Washington Post which is headlined "From incarceration to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System”
Main February 6, 2009"Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System"The title of this post is the title of this important new document now appearing on the US Sentencing Commission's…