Discretionary justice pardon and parole in New York from the revolution to the depression

Introduction: pardon and parole in the empire state -- Governing mercy in the emerging republic -- Mercy and diversity: the pardon power in the early national period -- Debating the pardon in antebellum New York -- The pardon and the progenesis of parole in the mid-19th century -- Reformulating disc...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Strange, Carolyn (VerfasserIn)
Format: UnknownFormat
Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY New York University Press 2016
Schlagworte:
Online Zugang:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Klappentext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Introduction: pardon and parole in the empire state -- Governing mercy in the emerging republic -- Mercy and diversity: the pardon power in the early national period -- Debating the pardon in antebellum New York -- The pardon and the progenesis of parole in the mid-19th century -- Reformulating discretion in the mid- to late-19th century -- The entanglement of parole and pardoning in the Progressive Era -- The crime wave and the war against discretionary justice in the 1920s -- Epilogue: mercy, parole and the failed search for penal certainty -- A note on sources -- Governors of New York, 1777-1942.
Beschreibung:Auch als E-Book verfügbar
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 323 Seiten
Illustrationen
ISBN:1479899925
1-4798-9992-5
9781479899920
978-1-4798-9992-0