California Board of Prison Terms (BPT) 
Currently, the Board of
Prison Terms (BPT) in California is the adult parole board, and conducts parole hearings for all inmates sentenced to life
terms with ....
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California Adult Parole Board
Currently, the Board of
Prison Terms (BPT) in California is the adult parole board, and conducts parole hearings for all inmates sentenced to life
terms with ....
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Disparities in Criminal Sentencing in California
.... as it applies to persons who are convicted of violent crimes and white collar or economic crimes and others potentially subject to long
prison terms under the ....
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"Three Strikes and You're Out: A Bad Crime Policy
.... these laws is to increase the severity of criminal sanctions, requiring that offenders who are found guilty of certain crimes serve fixed minimum
prison terms. ....
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Prison and Probation
.... promising. "The results: 1,087 were rearrested, resulting in
prison terms for a third of the original total" ("The," 1985, p. 37). ....
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Crowded Prisons and Privatization
.... inmates that can be held in a
prison facility or parts of such facilities, the reality is that as more inmates are sentenced to
prison terms, these facilitates ....
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Early Release Programs for Non-Violent Crimes
.... coming under scrutiny simply because the number of inmates incarcerated for drug related crimes has increased along with the length of
prison terms, driving up ....
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Issue of Prison Privatization
.... appear far more likely to be discussed in
terms of corporate culture, profit-and- loss statements, and bottom lines than in traditional
prison-culture
terms. ....
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Alternative Sentencing
.... The public is afraid of street crime, which is understandable, an the reaction has been to demand longer
prison terms and less flexible release
terms for ....
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Pro Death Penalty Argument
.... to punish killers. How many killers have been released after relatively short
prison terms only to kill again? Koch cites 85 persons ....
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Juvenile Courts & Juvenile Crime Several recommendations have
.... likely to be influenced by their peers, do not have the same perception of time as an adult so don't comprehend the meaning of long
prison terms (Feld, 2006). ....
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THE NATURE OF PUNISHMENT
.... Wilson also makes the point that long
prison terms are desirable and necessary for violent criminals, but he argues that the deterrent effect of punishment is ....
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Crime and Racism
.... often if their victims are white, but a new Rand Corporation study of California cases finds no evidence of racial discrimination in
prison terms meted out to ....
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Women In Prison
.... of the state's efforts to rehabilitate non-violent offenders serving short
terms for drug .... who are mothers being sentenced to time in
prison, such alternative ....
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Plea Bargaining and Crime Reduction Samuel
.... severe punishment for federal crimes because plea bargains at this level in capital cases invariably result in either life sentences or long
prison terms. ....
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Prisons and Crime Reduction
.... Studies like these show that even the harshest
prison terms do less to prevent crime than many programs that strengthen families and provide for human needs. ....
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Programs to Reduce Crime in the US
.... Studies like these show that even the harshest
prison terms do less to prevent crime than many programs that strengthen families and provide for human needs. ....
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Anti-Death Penalty Arguments
.... the rich, who can afford to hire expensive lawyers (yes, OJ, for one) can get away with murder and escape Death, and perhaps even long
prison terms, if any ....
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White Collar Offenses & Sentencing Decisions The proposed study ...
.... Given that there are now new federal guidelines mandating
prison terms for white collar offenders, a replication was proposed to determine whether sentencing ....
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Motivations of Female Murderers People are generally shocked ...
.... In fact, many women are sentenced to long
prison terms without the judges or juries being told anything at all about their batterings. ....
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Female Murderers & Wife Abuse
.... In fact, many women are sentenced to long
prison terms without the judges or juries being told anything at all about their batterings" ("Abuse and Punishment ....
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Gangs in the US
.... often if their victims are white, but a new Rand Corporation study of California cases finds no evidence of racial discrimination in
prison terms meted out to ....
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Controlling Criminal Behavior
.... In the wake of the "reforms" of the 1960s and 1970s, the pendulum has swung back in the direction of lengthy
prison terms. Pillsbury ....
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HUMAN RIGHTS
.... We see the same violation of human rights in Saudi Arabia, where most recently two British nurses were sentenced to long
prison terms, where women still have ....
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Thinking About Crime
.... Wilson does not believe it deters more than long
prison terms, although he admits that it is not possible to come to a clear conclusion statistically on this ....
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Ethnographic Study in Limited Opportunity
.... be good (23). This code values theft, crime, drugs, alcohol, using girls, money, and
prison terms. This particular culture within ....
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California's Three Strikes Law California's "Three Strik
California's "Three Strikes Law," enacted in 1994, mandates long
prison terms or penalty enhancements for repeat felons. Backers ....
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Workplace Stress Factors on Women & Their Children
.... children permanently in the care of non-parents through loss of their mother to a homicide and loss of their father to suicide or lengthy
prison terms for the ....
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Medical Use of Marijuana
.... Legal sanctions, especially
prison terms, are harsh penalties that disrupt lives, permanently damage the social status and mental health of those sent to jail ....
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Recreational Use of Marijuana
.... Legal sanctions, especially
prison terms, are harsh penalties that disrupt lives, permanently damage the social status and mental health of those incarcerated ....
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