Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 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...

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Auteur principal: Guerlain, Pierre
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spelling cairn-RFEA_113_0108eRFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2007-3-page-108e?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.113.0108e Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p. Guerlain, Pierre2007 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 113 | 3 | 2007-11-20 | p. 108e-126e | 0397-7870 RFEA_1138 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
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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.
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title Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p.
title_short Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p.
title_full Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p.
title_fullStr Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p.
title_full_unstemmed Zbigniew BREZINSKI, Second Chance : Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York : Basic Books, 2007, 234 p.
title_sort zbigniew brezinski, second chance : three presidents and the crisis of american superpower. new york : basic books, 2007, 234 p.
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