Title
Determinate Sentencing And Agenda Building: A Case Study Of The Failure Of A Reform
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. © 1995.
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Publication Title
Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume
23
Issue
4
Number of Pages
349-362
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(95)00025-L
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0011912818 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0011912818
STARS Citation
Griset, Pamala L., "Determinate Sentencing And Agenda Building: A Case Study Of The Failure Of A Reform" (1995). Scopus Export 1990s. 1982.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/1982