Guidelines Manual
Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN :
Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN :
Author : Kate Stith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 39,59 MB
Release : 1998-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226774862
For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. In 1987 a complex bureaucratic apparatus termed Sentencing "Guidelines" was imposed on federal courts. FEAR OF JUDGING is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime, arguing that it sacrifices comprehensibility and common sense.
Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781688991422
This paper provides an overview of the federal sentencing system. For historicalcontext, it first briefly discusses the evolution of federal sentencing during the past fourdecades, including the landmark passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA),1 inwhich Congress established a new federal sentencing system based primarily on sentencingguidelines, as well as key Supreme Court decisions concerning the guidelines. It thendescribes the nature of federal sentences today and the process by which such sentencesare imposed. The final parts of this paper address appellate review of sentences; therevocation of offenders' terms of probation and supervised release; the process whereby theUnited States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) amends the guidelines; and theCommission's collection and analysis of sentencing data.
Author : James M. Markham
Publisher : Unc School of Government
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,34 MB
Release : 2018-11
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : 9781560119357
This book is a step-by-step guide to the sentencing of felonies, misdemeanors, and impaired driving in North Carolina. It includes the felony and misdemeanor sentencing grids that apply under Structured Sentencing and a table showing the different sentencing levels for DWI. The book also includes materials on diversion programs (deferred prosecution and conditional discharge), probation supervision, fines and fees, and sex offender registration.
Author : Jeffery T. Ulmer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 1997-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791434987
Combines quantitative and qualitative data in a careful investigation of sentencing processes and context under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines.
Author : Roger W. Haines
Publisher :
Page : 1572 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : 9780762001163
Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN :
Author : Richard S. Frase
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199757860
This title presents a fully developed punishment theory which incorporates both utilitarian and retributive sentencing purposes. The author describes and defends a hybrid sentencing model that integrates theory and practice - blending and balancing both the competing principles of retribution and rehabilitation and the procedural concern of weighing rules against discretion.
Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Law
ISBN :
This book contains the official guidelines of the federal criminal sentencing polices established by the United States Sentencing Commission. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules that set out a uniform sentencing policy for individuals and organizations convicted of felonies and serious (Class A) misdemeanors in the United States federal courts system. The Guidelines do not apply to less serious misdemeanors.
Author : Andrew Ashworth
Publisher :
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 019968457X
How do sentencing guidelines affect judicial practice? Can public opinion influence the development of these guidelines and what role does the victim have? How do barristers use the guidelines in practice? These questions and more are addressed in this volume examining the English sentencing guidelines and how they function.