Life sentences

Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder: An Argument for Judicial Discretion in England

NCJ Number

244547

Journal

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2013

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Life Goes On: The Historic Rise in Life Sentences in America

NCJ Number

243629

Date Published

2013

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New Orleans Sexual Assault Evidence Project: Results and Recommendations

NCJ Number

241926

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ

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How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

NCJ Number

242563

Date Published

December 2011

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NIJ-Sponsored

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"I Just Wanted to Die": Preprison and Current Suicide Ideation Among Women Serving Life Sentences

NCJ Number

243657

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

August 2013

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Lifer Parolee Recidivism Report

NCJ Number

241909

Date Published

January 2013

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Life in Limbo: An Examination of Parole Release for Prisoners Serving Life Sentences With the Possibility of Parole in California

NCJ Number

241910

Date Published

September 2011

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Sentencing Juvenile Offenders to Life in Prison: The Political Sociology of Juvenile Punishment

NCJ Number

241650

Journal

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

2012

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Finding Direction: Expanding Criminal Justice Options by Considering Policies of Other Nations

NCJ Number

241470

Date Published

April 2011

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Rest of Their Lives: Life Without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States

NCJ Number

240751

Date Published

2005

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Lives of Juvenile Lifers: Findings From a National Survey

NCJ Number

240781

Date Published

March 2012

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Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States

NCJ Number

240311

Date Published

January 2012

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Social Instability and Reaction to Deviance: A Multilevel Analysis of the Swiss Lifelong Detention Initiative

NCJ Number

240607

Journal

Punishment & Society

Date Published

July 2012

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Juveniles Convicted as Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of Current Research

NCJ Number

239954

Date Published

2012

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Life Sentence and Parole

NCJ Number

239805

Journal

British Journal of Criminology

Date Published

May 2012

"Intermediate" Criminal Law in the Legal Position of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

NCJ Number

239650

Journal

Internal Security

Date Published

June 2012

Sentencing for Murder: Exploring Public Knowledge and Public Opinion in England and Wales

NCJ Number

239433

Journal

British Journal of Criminology

Date Published

January 2012

Against All Odds: Prison Conditions for Youth Offenders Serving Life Without Parole Sentences in the United States

NCJ Number

238967

Date Published

January 2012

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Use of Life and Death as Tools in Plea Bargaining

NCJ Number

239099

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

March 2012

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Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the Untied States

NCJ Number

238964

Date Published

January 2012

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Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile

NCJ Number

238892

Date Published

December 2011

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Trends in U.S. Corrections: State and Federal Prison Population, 1925-2010

NCJ Number

238750

Date Published

May 2012

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When I Die...They'll Send Me Home: Youth Sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole in California, An Update

NCJ Number

238246

Date Published

January 2012

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Woman's Life Before Serving Life: Examining the Negative Pre-Incarceration Life Events of Female Life-Sentenced Inmates

NCJ Number

232422

Journal

Women & Criminal Justice

Date Published

October 2010

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Until They Die a Natural Death: Youth Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Massachusetts

NCJ Number

232177

Date Published

September 2009

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