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This volume assesses the pros and cons of the growing use of felony probation as a rehabilitative tool and as a functional alternative to alleviate prison overcrowding, and examines the models that provide a framework for understanding this pervasive problem.

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Champion, an expert on criminal behavior, paroling, and sentencing, assesses how the justice system makes critical decisions about offender risks and needs.

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With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.

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Sentencing: A Reference Handbook offers a complete overview of the complex sentencing procedures devised by the federal government and each of the 50 states.

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A distinguished group of noted criminal justice specialists here examines the impact of the new U.S. sentencing guidelines, imposed in 1987, on law enforcement, the prosecution and courts, and corrections.

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Chapter Two is an overview of juvenile options, juvenile punishments, public policy, and the theme of deterring juvenile offenders.