Determinate Sentencing: The Promise and the Reality of Retributive Justice

By Pamala L. Griset

This book discusses in depth the rise and fall of the determinate ideal, once heralded as a replacement to the old order of criminal justice. Using new materials and combining political, empirical, and theoretical perspectives, Griset examines the attempt in New York State to establish determinate sentencing - "punishment for its own sake" - to replace the existing policy of rehabilitation. In portraying New York's experience against the backdrop of a national reform agenda, she analyzes the development and ultimate failure of a major social movement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791405354
• ISBN13: 9780791405352
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher