America's Correctional Crisis: Prison Populations and Public Policy

Table of contents

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• Additional Information ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Part I - The Crisis 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• Notes 10
• 2 - The Totality of Conditions Test in Eighth-Amendment Litigation 13
• Conclusion 29
• Notes 29
• 3 - The Costs of Incarceration 37
• Notes 52
• 4 - Attitudes of Correctional Policymakers and the Public 57
• Notes 73
• Part II - Policy Options 77
• 5 - State Responses to Prison Crowding: the Politics of Change 79
• Notes 107

• Additional Information ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Part I - The Crisis 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• Notes 10
• 2 - The Totality of Conditions Test in Eighth-Amendment Litigation 13
• Conclusion 29
• Notes 29
• 3 - The Costs of Incarceration 37
• Notes 52
• 4 - Attitudes of Correctional Policymakers and the Public 57
• Notes 73
• Part II - Policy Options 77
• 5 - State Responses to Prison Crowding: the Politics of Change 79
• Notes 107
• 6 - The English Response to the Penal Crisis 111
• Conclusion 131
• Notes 132
• 7 - The Problem of Crowding: a System out of Control 137
• Conclusion 154
• Notes 155
• 8 - Sentencing and the Prison Crowding Problem 161
• Conclusion 176
• Notes 177
• 9 - Structuring the Development of Alternatives to Incarceration 179
• Conclusion 196
• Notes 198
• 10 - A Brief for De-Escalating Criminal Sanctions 205
• Conclusion 216
• Notes 217
• 11 - Aid from Industry? Private Corrections and Prison Crowding 221
• Conclusion 240
• Notes 240
• Bibliographical Essay 243
• Index 249
• About the Editors and Contributors 257