TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strange,Carolyn
TI  - Discretionary justice: pardon and parole in New York from the revolution to the Depression 
SN  - 9781479843619
AV  - HV9475 
U1  - 364.609747 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Pardon
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - History
KW  - Sources
KW  - Parole
KW  - True Crime
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social services & welfare, criminology
KW  - thema
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - The pardon is an act of mercy, tied to the divine right of kings. Why did New York retain this mode of discretionary justice after the Revolution? And how did the advent of the penitentiary and the introduction of parole transform governors' use of their prerogative? This text answers these questions by mining previously unexplored evidence held in official pardon registers, clemency case files, reports of prisoner aid associations, and parole hearing records
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479899920.001.0001
ER  -