Sentencing guidelines : lessons from Pennsylvania / John H. Kramer, Jeffery T. Ulmer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.Description: xiv, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781588265952 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1588265994 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KFP 583.2 .K73 2009
Contents:
Understanding sentencing -- Constructing Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines -- Pennsylvania's Commission meets new challenges -- Sentencing serious violent offenders -- Racial, ethnic, gender, and age disparity -- Location matters : variation among counties -- Guilty pleas vs. trial convictions : unwarranted disparity -- Guidelines and mandatory minimums -- Can guidelines change sentencing practices? -- Lessons from Pennsylvania's struggle for justice.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection KFP 583.2 .K73 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98634908

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.

Understanding sentencing -- Constructing Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines -- Pennsylvania's Commission meets new challenges -- Sentencing serious violent offenders -- Racial, ethnic, gender, and age disparity -- Location matters : variation among counties -- Guilty pleas vs. trial convictions : unwarranted disparity -- Guidelines and mandatory minimums -- Can guidelines change sentencing practices? -- Lessons from Pennsylvania's struggle for justice.

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