TY - BOOK AU - Kramer,John H. AU - Ulmer,Jeffery T. TI - Sentencing guidelines: lessons from Pennsylvania SN - 9781588265952 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KFP 583.2 .K73 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Boulder PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - Pennsylvania KW - Commission on Sentencing KW - History KW - Sentences (Criminal procedure) KW - Prison sentences KW - Social aspects N1 - 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 ER -