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03779aam a2200469 i 4500 001 F749D97A5B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240816010336 008 240715s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2023303132 020 $a 1645720322 020 $a 9781645720324 035 $a (OCoLC)1289266482 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCL $d IAO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a HV9304 $b .L37 2022 082 04 $a 364.60973 $2 23 100 1 $a Latzer, Barry, $d 1945- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJr7RrPMxwtQgXvCh43bBP 245 14 $a The myth of overpunishment : $b a defense of the American justice system and a proposal to reduce incarceration while protecting the public / $c Barry Latzer, JD, PhD. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Republic Book Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a xiv, 186 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and indexes. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Senator Tom Cotton -- Introduction -- Part One. A Short History of Punishment in America -- 1. Maim and Shame: Colonial-Era Punishments -- 2. The Silent Treatment: Birth of the Penitentiary -- 3. Black Gulag: Convict Lease -- 4. Progressives -- 5. Southern Regressivism -- 6. The Decline of Death -- 7. The Failure of Leniency -- Part Two. The Age of Leniency -- 8. The Buildup -- 9. Denying the Crime Tsunami -- 10. The Myth of Overpunishment -- 11. Decarceration? -- 12. E-carceration -- A Selective Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Name Index -- Subject Index. 520 $a "Justice is on trial in the United States. From police to prisons, the justice system is accused of overpunishing. It is said that too many Americans are abused by the police, arrested, jailed, and imprisoned. But the denunciations are overblown. The data indicates, contrary to the critics, that we don't imprison too many, nor do we overpunish. This becomes evident when we examine the crimes of prisoners and the actual time served. The history of punishment in the United States, discussed in vivid detail, reveals that the treatment of offenders has become progressively more lenient. Corporal punishment is no more. The death penalty has become a rarity. Many convicted defendants are given no-incarceration sentences. Restorative justice may be a good thing for low-level offenses, or as an add-on for remorseful prisoners, but when it comes to major crimes it is no substitute for punitive justice. The Myth of Overpunishment presents a workable and politically feasible plan to electronically monitor arrested suspects prior to adjudication (bail reform), defendants placed on probation, and parolees."-- $c provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Punishment $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $z United States. 650 0 $a Alternatives to imprisonment $z United States. 650 0 $a Electronic monitoring of parolees and probationers $z United States. 650 6 $a Justice peÌnale $x Administration $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Emprisonnement $x Alternative $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Surveillance eÌlectronique des libeÌreÌs conditionnels et des probationnaires $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a Criminal justice, Administration of. $2 fast 650 7 $a Punishment. $2 fast 650 7 $a Alternatives to imprisonment. $2 fast 650 7 $a Electronic monitoring of parolees and probationers. $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq. $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20240816052105.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F749D97A5B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOTInitiate Another SILO Locator Search