Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Fear of Judging
Author: Kate StithPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226774862
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. In 1987 a complex bureaucratic apparatus termed Sentencing "Guidelines" was imposed on federal courts. FEAR OF JUDGING is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime, arguing that it sacrifices comprehensibility and common sense.
Federal Sentencing the Basics
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN: 9781688991422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This paper provides an overview of the federal sentencing system. For historicalcontext, it first briefly discusses the evolution of federal sentencing during the past fourdecades, including the landmark passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA),1 inwhich Congress established a new federal sentencing system based primarily on sentencingguidelines, as well as key Supreme Court decisions concerning the guidelines. It thendescribes the nature of federal sentences today and the process by which such sentencesare imposed. The final parts of this paper address appellate review of sentences; therevocation of offenders' terms of probation and supervised release; the process whereby theUnited States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) amends the guidelines; and theCommission's collection and analysis of sentencing data.
Social Worlds of Sentencing
Author: Jeffery T. UlmerPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791434987
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Combines quantitative and qualitative data in a careful investigation of sentencing processes and context under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines.
Just Sentencing
Author: Richard S. FrasePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199757860
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This title presents a fully developed punishment theory which incorporates both utilitarian and retributive sentencing purposes. The author describes and defends a hybrid sentencing model that integrates theory and practice - blending and balancing both the competing principles of retribution and rehabilitation and the procedural concern of weighing rules against discretion.
Sentencing Guidelines
Author: Andrew AshworthPublisher:
ISBN: 019968457X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
How do sentencing guidelines affect judicial practice? Can public opinion influence the development of these guidelines and what role does the victim have? How do barristers use the guidelines in practice? These questions and more are addressed in this volume examining the English sentencing guidelines and how they function.
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Handbook
Author: Roger W. HainesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780762001163
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
United States Attorneys' Manual
Author: United States. Department of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
Author: American Bar AssociationPublisher:
ISBN: 9781570737138
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Federal Sentencing Guide
Author: Roger William HainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forfeiture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description