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

Socpus ID

0011912818 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0011912818

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