Determinate Sentencing And Agenda Building - A Case-Study Of The Failure Of A Reform

    Authors

    P. L. Griset

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Crim. Justice

    Keywords

    Criminology & Penology

    Abstract

    This essay uses an agenda-building model to examine the failure of the movement for determinate sentencing in New York State. Proposals to abolish parole and adopt fixed sentences initially appealed to a wide spectrum of New York policymakers and practitioners, as well as to the New York media. Yet, after more than a decade of flirtation with determinacy, former proponents became opponents when the vague concepts inherent in the determinate model were reduced to a concrete proposal put forward by a sentencing guidelines committee. Data sources include reports of seven blue-ribbon commissions, transcripts from public hearings, editorial coverage by two opposing New York City newspapers, and in-depth interviews with influential policymakers.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Criminal Justice

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    349

    Last Page

    362

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995RR42900005

    ISSN

    0047-2352

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