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OverviewIn 1969, the world was shocked by a series of murders committed by Charles Manson and his “family” of followers. Although the defendants were sentenced to death in 1971, their sentences were commuted to life with parole in 1972; since 1978, they have been regularly attending parole hearings. Today all of the living defendants remain behind bars. Relying on nearly fifty years of parole hearing transcripts, as well as interviews and archival materials, Hadar Aviram invites readers into the opaque world of the California parole process—a realm of almost unfettered administrative discretion, prison programming inadequacies, high-pitched emotions, and political pressures. Yesterday’s Monsters offers a fresh longitudinal perspective on extreme punishment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hadar AviramPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520291553ISBN 10: 0520291557 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 18 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • The California Parole Process 2 • The Manson Family Cases and the Birth of the “Extreme-Punishment Trifecta” 3 • The Triumph of Helter Skelter: How the Manson Family Cases Came to Represent the Sui Generis Ultimate Evil 4 • Revisiting the Past: From Facts to Emotion in Understanding the Crime of Commitment 5 • Reinventing the Present: Crafting and Interpreting the Inmate’s Prison Experience 6 • Reimagining the Future: The Past Casts Its Shadow on the Inmate’s Postrelease Plans 7 • In Bardo Notes IndexReviewsAviram delves into the world of the California parole process, finding almost unfettered administrative discretion, prison programming inadequacies, high-pitched emotions, and political pressures. * Law & Social Inquiry * Does a time arrive when actors in even a truly heinous crime merit parole? . . . Aviram's readable, astute, and discerning parsing makes this a provocative examination of this under-investigated issue. * CHOICE * As California rethinks the roles of imprisonment and parole in this COVID-19, post-Three Strikes era, Yesterday's Monsters has some lessons for today. * San Francisco Chronicle * Aviram's book is a significant contribution to the academic literature discussing the social aspects of punishment in late 20th century America, but even more importantly, it is an imperative addition to discretionary parole research, which requires much more attention. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books * Does a time arrive when actors in even a truly heinous crime merit parole? . . . Aviram's readable, astute, and discerning parsing makes this a provocative examination of this under-investigated issue. * CHOICE * Aviram delves into the world of the California parole process, finding almost unfettered administrative discretion, prison programming inadequacies, high-pitched emotions, and political pressures. * Law & Social Inquiry * Author InformationHadar Aviram is Thomas Miller Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. She is the author of Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment and a coeditor of The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice. She is a frequent media commentator and runs the California Correctional Crisis blog. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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