The Law of Sentencing, Correction, & Prisoners' Rights in a Nutshell,9780314264688

The Law of Sentencing, Correction, & Prisoners' Rights in a Nutshell

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Edition: 6th
ISBN13: 9780314264688
ISBN10: 031426468X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): West Group
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Table of Contents

Preface v
Table of Cases
xi
PART ONE. THE LAW OF SENTENCING
Introduction to Sentencing
1(11)
The Purposes of Criminal Sentences
2(7)
Proposals for Reform
9(3)
Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining
12(29)
Intelligent and Voluntary Guilty Pleas
14(12)
Breaches of Plea Agreements
26(4)
Constraints on the Government in Offering Incentives to Plead Guilty
30(11)
The Sentencing Process
41(36)
Rights During Sentencing
41(21)
Factors Considered at Sentencing
62(15)
Sentencing Statutes and Guidelines
77(21)
Community-Based Sanctions
98(23)
Community-Based Sentencing Options
100(13)
Probation
100(2)
Day Reporting Centers
102(1)
Home Confinement
103(1)
Economic Sanctions
104(8)
Community Service
112(1)
Comprehensive and Integrated Corrections Systems
113(8)
The Death Penalty
121(19)
Cruel and Unusual Punishment and Noncapital Cases
140(11)
PART TWO. THE LAW OF CORRECTIONS AND PRISONERS' RIGHTS
Prisoners' Rights: An Introduction
151(11)
History of Prisoners' Rights---A General Overview
152(5)
The Purposes of Incarceration
157(5)
First Amendment Rights
162(27)
Freedom of Speech
162(16)
Freedom of Association
178(4)
Freedom of Religion
182(7)
Right of Access to the Courts
189(17)
Prison Disciplinary Proceedings
206(12)
Procedural Due Process
206(8)
Miranda and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in the Correctional Context
214(4)
Classification, Transfers, and Withholding of Privileges
218(27)
Procedural Due Process
218(21)
Equal Protection of the Law
239(6)
Searches, Seizures, and Privacy Rights
245(19)
The Fourth Amendment
246(6)
Right of Privacy
252(12)
Due Process Claims for Personal Injuries and Property Deprivations: Restrictions on Inmate Labor
264(10)
Due Process
264(7)
Restrictions on Inmate Labor
271(3)
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
274(25)
Medical and Psychiatric Care
275(9)
The Right to Be Treated
275(6)
The Right Not to be Treated
281(3)
Conditions of Confinement
284(7)
Use of Force and the Protection of Inmates
291(8)
Parole Release and Probation and Parole Revocation
299(28)
Probation and Parole Revocation
301(17)
Parole Release
318(9)
Rights Upon Release
327(12)
Restricted Opportunities and Rights of Released Prisoners
327(9)
Restoration of Rights
336(3)
PART THREE. PRISONERS' RIGHTS LITIGATION
The Mechanics of Litigating Inmates' § 1983 Suits
339(25)
The Complaint
339(14)
Elements of a Cause of Action Under § 1983
340(6)
Bivens Actions
346(1)
Jurisdiction
347(1)
Sufficiency of the Complaint
348(5)
Affirmative Defenses
353(11)
Immunity
354(1)
Sovereign Immunity
354(2)
Official Immunity
356(5)
Statute of Limitations
361(1)
Mootness
362(1)
Exhaustion of Remedies
363(1)
Remedies
364(31)
§ 1983 Suits
364(17)
Damages
364(4)
Equitable Relief
368(7)
Attorney's Fees
375(6)
Modifying and Terminating Court Orders
381(10)
Enforcing Court Orders Through Contempt Proceedings and Other Means
391(2)
Other Remedies
393(2)
Index 395

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