Introducing a new measurement of state punitiveness and testing it across the United States.

Title: Introducing a new measurement of state punitiveness and testing it across the United States.
Identifier: AAI3325456
identifier: 3325456
Creator: Kutateladze, Besiki.
Contributor: Adviser: Candace McCoy
Date: 2008
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Law | Political Science, General | Philosophy
Abstract: This work explores variations in punitiveness among American states. For the purposes of this work, state punitiveness refers to criminal justice policies that target suspects, defendants, convicts, inmates, and releasees. These policies inflict pain and suffering upon these people, cause them shame and discomfort, adversely affect their financial and political status, and take away their freedom and sometimes their lives. Based on the examination of 44 variables across 50 states and the four regions, into which these states were grouped, Florida emerged as the most punitive, and Maine as the least punitive. The study also suggests that the American South is highly punitive, the West and the Midwest moderately punitive, and the Northeast relatively non-punitive. The success of this method in measuring state punitiveness suggests that the instrument may be useful for both within-nation and between-nation comparisons.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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