Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Inside and outside the law -- The legal framework of decisions to imprison -- Decisions to imprison : a statistical point of view -- Description of the court and of the case-handling -- Organizing courtroom communication -- Decisions to imprison in the courtroom -- Ideologies of imprisonment in the courtroom -- Decisions to imprison inside and outside the law -- Closing perspectives.
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