Social worlds of sentencing : court communities under sentencing guidelines /

"Many states and the federal system have embraced sentencing guidelines as a mechanism of sentencing reform. This book draws from interactionist theories of organizations and James Eisenstein's depiction of courts as communities to frame an investigation of sentencing disparity, case proce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ulmer, Jeffery T., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Colección:SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies.
Temas:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Social aspects > United States.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Social aspects.
Strafrechtspleging.
Straftoemeting.
Strafrechtspraak.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Courts, Sentencing, and Sentencing Guidelines
  • 2. Court Communities as Social Worlds
  • 3. Data and Analytical Strategy
  • 4. Statewide Sentencing Outcomes
  • 5. Metro County
  • 6. Rich County
  • 7. Southwest County
  • 8. Conclusion: Court Communities and Sentencing under Guidelines
  • App. A. Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines
  • App. B. Examples of Interview Questions by Topic
  • App. C. Descriptive Statistics: Variables in State-wide Analysis.

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