Research on Sentencing : the Search for Reform, Volume I.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Otros Autores: Blumstein, Alfred
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1983.
Temas:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States > States.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis > États.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > U.S. states
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Summary
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND
  • The Sentencing Reform Movement
  • Goals of Sentencing
  • SCOPE OF THE STUDY
  • DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES
  • INTRODUCTION: DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITY
  • THE RANGE OF VARIABLES CONSIDERED AND THEIR EXPLANATORY POWER
  • THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES
  • DISCRIMINATION BY RACE
  • Prison Populations
  • The Sentencing Process
  • DISCRIMINATION BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
  • DISCRIMINATION BY SEX
  • CASE-PROCESSING VARIABLES
  • DISPARITYSTRUCTURING SENTENCING DECISIONS
  • POLICY AND TECHNICAL CHOICES
  • DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ENFORCING NEW SENTENCING POLICIES
  • ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF NEW SENTENCING POLICIES
  • THE RESULTS OF REFORMS
  • THE METHODOLOGY OF IMPACT STUDIES
  • SENTENCING POLICIES AND PRISON POPULATIONS
  • RESEARCH AGENDA
  • SENTENCING PRACTICE AND BEHAVIOR
  • ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN SENTENCING POLICY
  • NATURAL EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SENTENCING CHANGES
  • 1 Introduction: Sentencing Practices and the Sentencing Reform Movement
  • THE PROCESSES THAT CONSTITUTE SENTENCINGVICTIMS AND WITNESSES
  • POLICE
  • PROSECUTORS
  • JUDGES
  • PAROLE BOARDS
  • CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS
  • EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY: COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS
  • LEGISLATURES
  • THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE
  • THE GOALS OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS
  • NORMATIVE GOALS
  • FUNCTIONAL GOALS
  • AMERICAN SENTENCING IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SENTENCING
  • Prosecutors
  • Parole Boards
  • Trial Judges
  • EUROPEAN SENTENCING SYSTEMS
  • Plea Bargaining
  • Parole
  • Appellate Sentence Review
  • THE Development OF AMERICAN SENTENCING STRUCTURES AND EFFORTS TO REFORM THEMColonial America
  • 1790â€?1820: Reform of the Law
  • 1820â€?1900: Emphasis on Prisons
  • 1900â€?1970: The Rehabilitative Model
  • THE CURRENT SENTENCING REFORM MOVEMENT
  • Prison Uprisings and the Civil Rights Movement
  • The Philosophy of Rights and Control of Discretion
  • Demand for Accountability
  • Rejection of Rehabilitation
  • Disparity and Discrimination
  • Crime Control
  • The Role of Social Science Research in Sentencing Changes
  • SCOPE OF THIS REPORT
  • 2 Determinants of SentencesISSUES
  • THE RANGE OF VARIABLES CONSIDERED AS DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES
  • DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITY
  • Discrimination
  • Disparity
  • ALTERNATE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYSES OF SENTENCING
  • Observation and Interviews
  • Experiments
  • Statistical and Combined Approaches
  • FINDINGS
  • METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS
  • THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES
  • Offense Seriousness
  • Offender's Prior Record
  • Methodological Issues
  • DISCRIMINATION BY RACE
  • Prison Populations
  • Studies of Sentencing

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