Implementing a Presumption Against Imprisonment: How Scandinavian Sentencing Policies Could Be The Key To Ending Mass Incarceration In The United States

Authors

Cydney Carter, Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law

First & Last Page

114-135

Abstract

With the largest prison population in the world, the United States relies on incarceration more than most when it comes to sanctioning criminal offenders, but there must be another way. This paper will examine the sentencing policies and practices in the United States, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway. It will also compare these sentencing policies and their impact on incarceration rates suggest ways in which the Scandinavian sentencing practices could influence changes to the current Federal Sentencing Guidelines in order to combat mass incarceration in the United States.

Recommended Citation

Cydney Carter, Implementing a Presumption Against Imprisonment: How Scandinavian Sentencing Policies Could Be The Key To Ending Mass Incarceration In The United States, 9 Lincoln Mem’l U. L. Rev. (2022).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmunet.edu/lmulrev/vol9/iss2/8