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
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.
United States Attorneys' Manual
Author: United States. Department of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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.
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.
Research on Sentencing
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309033837
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
United States Code
Author: United StatesSentencing and Punishment
Author: Susan EastonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199693536
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This text presents an overview of sentencing and punishment from penological, social policy and legal perspectives. It provides an accessible account of the changing attitudes of the public, policy makers and the judiciary regarding what constitutes 'just' punishment.
The Law of Sentencing
Author: Allan MansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The book includes a postscript on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R v. Latimer."--Pub. desc.
Harm and Culpability
Author: Smith SimesterPublisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198260578
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume draws together essays, from a number of leading authorities, which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The subjects covered include justification, excuses, coercion complicity, drug-dealing and criminal harm.