Indeterminate Sentence and Soviet Penal Law

The Indeterminate Sentence at the Crossroads

Despite years of experimentation and hope, many authorities of penology now conclude that few rehabilitative programs reduce recidivism.' However, it has been stated that "lower rates of recidivism are associated with either very short sentences . . . or long sentences." 2 The only method that can tailor length of sentence to individual needs is the indeterminate sentence. By carefully evaluati...

Fascist Reform of the Penal Law in Italy, The

Constitutional Law: Increased Sentence

Use of the Indeterminate Sentence in Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation

The Neuronal Correlates of Indeterminate Sentence Comprehension: An fMRI Study

Sentences such as The author started the book are indeterminate because they do not make explicit what the subject (the author) started doing with the object (the book). In principle, indeterminate sentences allow for an infinite number of interpretations. One theory, however, assumes that these sentences are resolved by semanticcoercion, a linguistic process that forces the noun book to be int...