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[ Academia ] : ++ { HIGHLY RELEVANT } ++ Most recent (9th) edition in continuing American Casebook Series entry comprehensively addressing U.S. cases on correctional law, criminal sentences, and prisoners (legal status, laws relating to, etc), with contents as follows: Introduction to sentencing; Guilty pleas and plea bargaining; The sentencing process; Sentencing statutes and guidelines; Community-based sanctions; The death penalty; Cruel and unusual punishment and non-capital cases; Parole release and probation and parole revocation; Enmeshed penalties and collateral consequences; Prisoners' rights : an introduction; First Amendment rights; Right of access to the courts; Prison disciplinary proceedings; Transfers, classification, and prison programming; Searches, seizures, and privacy rights; Due-process claims for personal injuries and property deprivations; Cruel and unusual punishment; The mechanics of litigating inmates' Sec. 1983 suits; and, Remedies.

[ Academia ] : ++ { HIGHLY RELEVANT } ++ Most recent, comprehensive edition in continuing "American Casebook" series entry on United States correctional law, sentences (criminal procedure), and the legal status of and laws related to prisoners, with contents including: Introduction to sentencing; Guilty pleas and plea bargaining; The sentencing process; Sentencing statutes and guidelines; Community-based sanctions; The death penalty; Cruel and unusual punishment and non-capital cases; Parole release and probation and parole revocation; Enmeshed penalties and collateral consequences; Prisoners' rights: an introduction; First Amendment rights; Right of access to the courts; Prison disciplinary proceedings; Transfers, classification, and prison programming; Searches, seizures, and privacy rights; Due-process claims for personal injuries and property deprivations; Cruel and unusual punishment; The mechanics of litigating inmates' Section 1983 suits; and, Remedies.