How Do Judges Decide?: The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment

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SAGE, 28/01/2002 - 340 páginas

The appropriate amount of punishment for a given crime is an issue that has been debated by scholars, philosophers and legal professionals since the beginning of civilizations. This book seeks to address this issue in all of its complexity by providing a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States.

The book begins by discussing the overall concept of punishment and then proceeds to dissect individual aspects of punishment. Topics include: the sentencing process; responsibility of the judge; disparity and discrimination in sentencing; and sentencing reform.

This book is an ideal text for introductory courses on the judicial system, criminal law, law and society. It can be an essential resource to help students understand patterns in the wide discretion and latitude given to judges when determining punishments within the framework of the United States judicial system.

 

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The Goals of Sentencing
1
Sentencing Options and the Sentencing Process
33
How Do Judges Decide?
79
Sentencing Disparity and Discrimination
131
Sentencing Disparity and Discrimination
165
The Impact of the Sentencing Reform Movement
263
References
311
Index
331
About the Author 340
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Cassia Spohn is School Director and Foundation Professor of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She is the author of several books, including The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (with Sam Walker and Miriam DeLone) and How Do Judges Decide? The Search for Fairness and Equity in Sentencing. She has published a number of articles examining prosecutors’ charging decisions in sexual assault cases and exploring the effect of race/ethnicity on charging and sentencing decisions. Her current research interests include the effect of race and gender on court processing decisions, victim characteristics and case outcomes in sexual assault cases, judicial decision making, sentencing of drug offenders, and the deterrent effect of imprisonment. In 1999, she was awarded the University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award.

Informação bibliográfica

TítuloHow Do Judges Decide?: The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment
Key questions for criminal justice
Pine Forge Press series in criminal justice
AutorCassia Spohn
Ediçãoilustrada
EditoraSAGE, 2002
ISBN0761987606, 9780761987604
Número de páginas340 páginas
  
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