Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.

In the past few years, a growing number of state legislatures have adopted bills shortening criminal sentences, restoring early release for good behaviour or diverting drug offenders to treatment. This paper examines three possible factors prompting such bi-partisan reforms and verifies whether or n...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Julien, Claude
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Français
Publié: 2007
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
id cairn-RFEA_113_0108a
record_format cairn
spelling cairn-RFEA_113_0108aRFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2007-3-page-108a?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.113.0108a Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p. Julien, Claude2007 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 113 | 3 | 2007-11-20 | p. 108a-126a | 0397-7870 RFEA_1134 In the past few years, a growing number of state legislatures have adopted bills shortening criminal sentences, restoring early release for good behaviour or diverting drug offenders to treatment. This paper examines three possible factors prompting such bi-partisan reforms and verifies whether or not this trend can be interpreted as a reversal of the “tough on crime” policy that has characterized the US approach to crime control for the past three decades.Cairn free access
language Français
format Article ou chapitre numérique
building 0/Bibliothèque numérique/
1/Bibliothèque numérique/Cairn/
description In the past few years, a growing number of state legislatures have adopted bills shortening criminal sentences, restoring early release for good behaviour or diverting drug offenders to treatment. This paper examines three possible factors prompting such bi-partisan reforms and verifies whether or not this trend can be interpreted as a reversal of the “tough on crime” policy that has characterized the US approach to crime control for the past three decades.
author Julien, Claude
spellingShingle Julien, Claude
Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
author_facet Julien, Claude
author_sort Julien, Claude
title Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
title_short Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
title_full Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
title_fullStr Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
title_full_unstemmed Nathalie DESSENS. From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans: Migration and Influences. Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2007, 272 p.
title_sort nathalie dessens. from saint-domingue to new orleans: migration and influences. gainesville, florida : university press of florida, 2007, 272 p.
publishDate 2007
container_title
container_issue
url https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2007-3-page-108a?lang=fr
https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.113.0108a
_version_ 1877246549479653376