Author: Robin W. BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A Theoretical Basis for a Rational Case Decision System in Corrections
Author: Robin W. BurnhamA Theoretical Basis for a Rational Case Decision System in Corrections
Author: Robin William BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
A Theoretical Basis for a National Case Decision System in Corrections
Author: Robin William BurnhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Decision-making in the Criminal Justice System
Author: Don M. GottfredsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Decision Making in Criminal Justice
Author: Michael R. GottfredsonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475799543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The study of decisions in the criminal justice process provides a useful focus for the examination of many fundamental aspects of criminal jus tice. These decisions are not always highly visible. They are made, or dinarily, within wide areas of discretion. The aims of the decisions are not always clear, and, indeed, the principal objectives of these decisions are often the subject of much debate. Usually they are not guided by explicit decision policies. Often the participants are unable to verbalize the basis for the selection of decision alternatives. Adequate information for the decisions is usually unavailable. Rarely can the decisions be demonstrated to be rational. By a rationaldecision we mean "that decision among those possible for the decisionmaker which, in the light of the information available, maximizes the probability of the achievement of the purpose of the decisionmaker in that specific and particular case" (Wilkins, 1974a: 70; also 1969). This definition, which stems from statistical decision theory, points to three fundamental characteristics of decisions. First, it is as sumed that a choice of possible decisions (or, more precisely, of possible alternatives) is available. If only one choice is possible, there is no de cision problem, and the question of rationality does not arise. Usually, of course, there will be a choice, even if the alternative is to decide not to decide-a choice that, of course, often has profound consequences.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1938
Book Description
Sentencing Reform
Author: Martin WasikPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719018909
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Correctional Theory
Author: Francis T. CullenPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506306519
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Second Edition of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences continues to identify and evaluate the major competing theories used to guide the goals, policies, and practices of the correctional system. Authors Francis T. Cullen and Cheryl Lero Jonson demonstrate that changes in theories can legitimize new ways of treating and punishing offenders, and they help readers understand how transformations in the social and political context of U.S. society impact correctional theory and policy. Designed to motivate readers to become sophisticated consumers of correctional information, the book emphasizes the importance of using evidence-based information to guide decisions, rather than relying on nonscientific commonsense or ideology-based beliefs.
The Principles of Guidelines for Sentencing
Author: Leslie T. WilkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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