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Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance
Austin Lovegrove
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Description for Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance
Paperback. Series: Research in Criminology. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
This book describes an original, empirical study of judicial decision making. The process of determining sentences is a difficult one for judges and often unnecessarily intuitive, subjective, and complex. The present study introduces a conceptual outline and empirical technique for increasing the precision of sentencing policy, thus offering an aid to judges who sentence in the light of this policy. The primary purpose of this model of judicial decision making is to provide a framework for scaling the seriousness of any single case in relation to the facts of that case and for relating this assessment to the appropriate quantum ... Read more
This book describes an original, empirical study of judicial decision making. The process of determining sentences is a difficult one for judges and often unnecessarily intuitive, subjective, and complex. The present study introduces a conceptual outline and empirical technique for increasing the precision of sentencing policy, thus offering an aid to judges who sentence in the light of this policy. The primary purpose of this model of judicial decision making is to provide a framework for scaling the seriousness of any single case in relation to the facts of that case and for relating this assessment to the appropriate quantum ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Research in Criminology
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468470826
SKU
V9781468470826
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99-15
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