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Michael Tonry
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 187
Citations - 10274
Michael Tonry is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Imprisonment & Criminal justice. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 176 publications receiving 9872 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Tonry include University of Chicago & Marquette University.
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Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research
Michael Tonry,Norval Morris +1 more
TL;DR: The British Journal of Criminology (BJC) is a collection of essays in the social sciences which has achieved so high and consistent a standard of scholarship and presentation as discussed by the authors.
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Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
TL;DR: In Malign Neglect as discussed by the authors, the authors argue that crime control policies can be recast so that, without diminishing public safety, they do less harm to disadvantaged black Americans.
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Building a safer society : strategic approaches to crime prevention
TL;DR: In this article, a collection of 11 essays also examines substance abuse, interpersonal violence, burglary prevention, retail sector crimes and city-centre street crimes and offers a new conceptualization of the subject incorporating developmental, community, situational and law enforcement approaches.
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Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from Five Countries
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors map public attitudes towards crime and punishment across countries and explore the congruence between public views and actual policies, concluding that despite the differences among jurisdictions, startling commonalities exist among the five countries-the U.K., USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand surveyed here.
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Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System
Norval Morris,Michael Tonry +1 more
TL;DR: In Between Prison and Probation as mentioned in this paper, Morris and Tonry argue that the American criminal justice system is both too severe and too lenient, with a near-vacuum of useful punishments in between.