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Pathfinders : Sanctions, Sentencing, & Corrections

Primary Resources

Case Search

  1. See under Fed Civ Proc key numbers 2751.1-27552765-2795, 2828
  2. See under Sent & Pun key numbers 2047, 2061, 2079, 2082-2085, 2095
  3. See under Const Law key number 305(2)
  4. See under Prisons key number 5-11

Pennsylvania Statutes

  1. Correctional institutions, inmate compensation 61 P.S. § 1013
  2. Correctional institutions, boot camps 61 P.S. § 1121
  3. Correctional institutions, total confinement 42 PA § 9725

Secondary Resources

American Law Reports (ALR)

Sentence and Punishment
  Application of death penalty to nonhomicide cases, 62 ALR5th 121
  Appeal and Error- delay caused by appeal, 98 ALR2d 693
  Argument of Council- prejudicial affect of statement of prosecutor, 10 ALR5th 700
  Drugs and narcotics- distribution within 1000 feet of school 108 ALR Fed 559
  Firearm possession by conspirator-enhancement of drug offense, 168 ALR fed 687
  Incompetent and insane persons, 53 ALR3d 960
  Petty offenses-definition, 40 ALR Fed 876
  Plea bargaining-admissibility. 59 ALR3d 441
  Racial discrimination in punishment of crime, 40 ALR3d 227
  Restitution or reparation, 15 ALR5th 391
  Witnesses-guilty verdict, 28 ALR4th 647
Prisons and Prisoners
  Bail bonds-commercial bail bond business, 19 ALR4th 355
  Conditions of confinement-cruel and unusual punishment, 51 ALR3d 111
  Euthanasia and right to die, 66 ALR5th 111
  Release or discharge, 12 ALR4th 722
  Search and seizure, 57 ALR3d 172

Research Databases

In WestLaw, click on Keysearch and choose “Criminal Justice” as topic. Choose a relevant subtopic, and use the provided search engine to find cases and secondary information: http://www.lawschool.westlaw.com

In Lexis, click on Research System and choose “Area of Law – By Topic”.
Click on the “Criminal Law” link and the system will provide a variety of resources to search: http://lawschool.lexis.com/

SOLCAT Holdings

Author Mauer, Marc.
Title Race to incarcerate.
Imprint New York, NY : New Press, NY : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c1999.
Location DCLI Treatise Collection
Call Number HV9950 .M32 1999
  Direct link to SOLCAT
   
Author Del Carmen, Rolando V.
Title Briefs of leading cases in corrections.
Imprint Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub., c2002.
Location DCLI Treatise Collection
Call Number HV9950 .M32 1999
  Direct link to SOLCAT
   
Author Zedner, Lucia.
Title Criminal justice.
Imprint  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Location DCLI Treatise Collection
Call Number KD7876 .Z43 2004
  Direct link to SOLCAT
   
Author Edgar, Kimmett.
Title Restorative justice in prisons : a guide to making it happen.
Imprint Winchester : Waterside, c2006.
Location DCLI Treatise Collection
Call Number HV8688 .N46 2006
  Direct link to SOLCAT

Prepared by:
Charles Sprowls, Evening/Weekend Reference Librarian
December 2006