How do judges decide? : the search for fairness and justice in punishment / Cassia C. Spohn.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spohn, Cassia, (Cassia Cathleen)
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Punishment > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Physical Description:xii, 340 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The goals of sentencing
  • Sentencing options and the sentencing process
  • How do judges decide?
  • Sentencing disparity and discrimination
  • Sentencing disparity and discrimination
  • 30 years of sentencing reform
  • The impact of the sentencing reform movement.