Session 169: SE7 -> Assessing the Impact of "Get Tough" Sentencing Reform
Time: 4:20PM to 5:50 PM on Wednesday, November 15
Place: W-Cambridge
Session Chair:
Sara Steen, Vanderbilt University
Implementation and Impact of 'Get Tough' Sentencing Reform at the Court Level: A Case Study
by:
Nancy Merritt, RAND Corporation
(Corresponding)
Assessing Effects of the Truth in Sentencing Law in Massachusetts
by:
Mohamed Sesay, Massachusetts Department of Corrections
(Corresponding)
Xiaogang Deng, University of Massachusetts - Boston
Measuring the Effect of the 'Truth in Sentencing' Law on the Amount of Inmate Time Served in Massachusetts
by:
Jerome N. McKibben, Massachusetts Department of Corrections
(Corresponding)
Mohamed Sesay, Massachusetts Department of Corrections
Sentencing and Human Rights: Three Strikes Mandatory Imprisonment Laws and the Violation of Human Rights
by:
Chris Cunneen, University of Sydney Law School
(Corresponding)
Influencing the Prosecutors: An Analysis of the Impact of Judicial Discretion on the Implementation of the California 'Three-Strikes' Law
by:
Jennifer Walsh, California State University - Los Angeles
(Corresponding)
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