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The Scale Of Imprisonment In The United States: Twentieth Century Patterns And Twenty-First Century Prospects, Franklin E. Zimring
The Scale Of Imprisonment In The United States: Twentieth Century Patterns And Twenty-First Century Prospects, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
No abstract provided.
On The Ends And Means Of Protecting Youth In Juvenile Courts, Franklin E. Zimring
On The Ends And Means Of Protecting Youth In Juvenile Courts, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
No abstract provided.
Substance And Procedure In The Reform Of Criminal Sentencing, Franklin E. Zimring
Substance And Procedure In The Reform Of Criminal Sentencing, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
No abstract provided.
Kids, Groups And Crime: Some Implications Of A Well-Known Secret, Franklin E. Zimring
Kids, Groups And Crime: Some Implications Of A Well-Known Secret, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
No abstract provided.
Penal Policy And Penal Legislation In Recent American Experience, Franklin E. Zimring
Penal Policy And Penal Legislation In Recent American Experience, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
offers a look on the origins and careers of proposals for penal legislation in a time of radical change in the U.S. Descriptions of where penal policy is made in the U.S. governmental system; Information on issues of quality control in shaping, passing, implementing and reviewing penal legislation in recent U.S. experience; Role of penal legislation in changing penal practices in the past generation.
Declining Homicide In New York City: A Tale Of Two Trends, Jeffrey Fagan, Franklin E. Zimring, June Kim
Declining Homicide In New York City: A Tale Of Two Trends, Jeffrey Fagan, Franklin E. Zimring, June Kim
Franklin E. Zimring
No abstract provided.
Symbol And Substance In The Massachusetts Commission Report, Franklin E. Zimring
Symbol And Substance In The Massachusetts Commission Report, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Did Changes In Juvenile Sanctions Reduce Juvenile Crime Rates? A Natural Experiment, Franklin Zimring, Stephen Rushin
Did Changes In Juvenile Sanctions Reduce Juvenile Crime Rates? A Natural Experiment, Franklin Zimring, Stephen Rushin
Franklin E. Zimring
This essay examines whether state statutory changes to the juvenile justice system during the 1990s contributed to the subsequent decline in juvenile homicide rates. Between 1985 and 1993, juvenile crime rates soared in the United States. Many prominent scholars and politicians argued that this uptick in youth crime was just the beginning of a forthcoming wave of juvenile violence. In response, between 1992 and 1997, forty-seven states enacted statutory changes that made the juvenile justice system more punitive. Between 1993 and 2010, juvenile crime declined markedly, leading some to conclude that that the punitive statutory changes caused the decline in …