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• Title:The law and policy of sentencing and corrections in a nutshell / by Lynn S. Branham.
  
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• Author/Creator:Branham, Lynn S., 1955-
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West, ©2010.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF9728 .B73 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Correctional law--United States.
  Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
  Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
  
• Edition:8th ed.
  
• Description:xxxiii, 497 p. : ill ; 19 cm.
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780314249395
  0314249397
  
• Contents:pt. 1. The law and policy of sentencing
  Introduction to sentencing
  Guilty pleas and plea bargaining
  The sentencing process
  Sentencing statutes and guidelines
  Community-based sanctions
  The death penalty
  Cruel and unusual punishment and noncapital cases
  Parole release and probation and parole revocation
  Collateral sanctions and consequences
  pt. 2. The law and policy of corrections
  Prisoners' rights : an introduction
  First amendment rights
  Right of access to the courts
  Prison disciplinary proceedings
  Transfers, classification, and prison programming
  Searches, seizures, and privacy rights
  Due-process claims for personal injuries and property deprivations
  Cruel and unusual punishment
  pt. 3. Prisoners' rights litigation
  The mechanics of litigating inmates' Section 1983 suits
  Remedies.