Intermediate Sanctions in Probation Officers’ Sentencing Recommendations: Consistency, Net Widening, and Net Repairing

The Prison Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-439

  Homant, Robert J ^a   Demercurio, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b Michigan Department of Corrections   (United States)

Author keywords

intermediate sanctions; net widening; probation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372628     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885509349564     Document Type: Article

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