Norval Morris

Biographic Data

ID3633859
NAMENorval Morris
GIVEN NAMESNorval
FAMILY NAMEMorris
SIGNATUREMORRIS N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Chicago
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS22
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1952
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX3

  • Penal Populism and Public Opinion

    Julian V Roberts, Loretta J Stalans et al.BOOKPenal populism and public opinion2002

    Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe punishment at a time when public opinion has played a pivotal role in sentencing policy and reforms. Despite the differences among jurisdictions, startling commonalities exist among the five countries-the U.K., USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand-surveyed here. …

  • Maconochie’s Gentlemen

    Norval MorrisBOOKMaconochie's gentlemen2001

    In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia. In four years, Maconochie transformed what was one of the most brutal convict settlements in history into a controlled, stable, and productive environment that achieved such success that upon release his prisoners came to be called “Mac…

  • The Purposes, Practices, and Problems of Supermax Prisons

    Leena Kurki, Norval MorrisARTICLECrime and Justice2001Cited by: 10

    At least thirty-four American states in the late 1990s operated supermaximum security prisons or units, providing nearly 20,000 beds and accounting for 1.8 percent of the state prison population. Although conditions vary from state to state, many supermaxes subject inmates to nearly complete isolation and deprivation of sensory stimuli. Surprisingly little is known from research on who is sent to supermaxes, why, and for how long; the effects of …

  • Changing Prison Life

    Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Norval Morris et al.ARTICLEUniversity of Toronto Law Journal1998

  • Relations between Federal and Local Police

    William A Geller, Norval MorrisARTICLECrime and Justice1992Cited by: 3

    Although sound constitutional policy supports some aspects of federal law enforcement jurisdiction, there remains a vast ambit of overlapping federal and nonfederal criminal jurisdiction guided primarily by political fashions. The lack of a rational basis for delineating these respective jurisdictions inhibits strategic planning for efficient, effective, coherent anticrime efforts. The incentives and disincentives to communication, cooperation, c…

  • Between Prison and Probation

    Norval Morris, Michael TonryBOOKBetween prison and probation1990

    In this work two leading American criminologists argue that fundamental sentencing reforms are needed before the US corrections system can contend with an escalating crime rate. They recommend the adoption of intermediate punishments—community-based sanctions of increasing severity—which can fill the gap between costly and punitive incarceration currently reserved for a minority of convicted offenders and parole served by the majority of offender…

  • Crime and Justice

    John H Kramer, Michael Tonry et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1989

  • Criminology

    Neil Alan Weiner, Michael Tonry et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1988

  • The Difference between Badness and Madness

    David Zimmerman, David M Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report1985

    Book reviewed in this article: Madness and the Criminal Law. By Norval Morris. The Insanity Plea: The Uses and Abuses of the Insanity Defense. By William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross

  • Predictions of Dangerousness

    Norval Morris, M L Miller et al.ARTICLECrime and Justice1985Cited by: 4

    Long-term predictions of future dangerousness are used throughout the criminal law in investigation, pretrial detention, bail, sentencing, prison administration, parole, and early release decisions. Explicit use of such predictions by courts and legislatures is increasing. Reliance on predictions of dangerousness raises questions about the definition of dangerousness, the ethical limits on the use of such predictions, and the practical difficulti…

  • Justice, Mercy, and Craziness

    Stanley J Morse, Stephen J Morse et al.ARTICLEStanford Law Review1984

    In i\ dadness and the Crimina l Law, Norval Morris addresses the vexing legal problems created by the interaction between mental disorder and criminal behavior.Using short stories in the mode of the early George Orwell, and standard legal analysis, Professor Morris artfully considers the relationship between legal and moral guilt, the insanity defense, the relevance of mental disor der to sentencing, the role of mercy in punishment, and whether t…

  • Predicting Violence with Statistics

    Norval Morris, Jl Monahan et al.ARTICLEStanford Law Review1981

  • Letter to the President on Crime Control

    Morris Weinberger, Norval Morris et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1978

  • A Nation without Prisons

    D F Greenberg, Calvert R Dodge et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1976

  • The Aldine Crime and Justice Annual

    Norman K Denzin, Sheldon L Messinger et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1976

  • The Aldine Crime and Justice Annual, 1973

    Sheldon L Messinger, Seymour L Halleck et al.ARTICLEStanford Law Review1975

  • The Future of Imprisonment

    Norval MorrisARTICLEStanford Law Review1975

  • Feedback

    Open AccessValerie Jo Bradley, Chester Hartman et al.ARTICLESociety1975

  • The future of imprisonment.

    Norval MorrisBOOKThe future of imprisonment.1974

  • Prisoners as laboratory animals

    Open AccessMichael Mills, Michael J Mills et al.ARTICLESociety1974

  • The Future of Imprisonment

    Open AccessNorval MorrisREVIEWAustralian & New Zealand Journal…1973Cited by: 3

  • The Honest Politician's Guide to Crime Control

    John Willis, Norval Morris et al.ARTICLEUniversity of Toronto Law Journal1971

  • "Random Reflections on "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society

    Open AccessNorval MorrisARTICLELaw & Society Review1968Cited by: 2

  • Studies in Criminal Law

    J C Smith, Norval Morris et al.ARTICLEUniversity of Toronto Law Journal1965

  • The Burden of Proof in Bigamy

    Open AccessNorval MorrisARTICLEModern Law Review1955