Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Spohn, Cassia (Cassia Cathleen)

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2002.

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Description

xii, 340 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The appropriate amount of punishment for a given crime is an issue that has been debated by scholars, philosophers, and legal professionals since the beginning of civilizations. This book seeks to address this issue in all of its complexity by providing a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States. The book begins by discussing the overall concept of punishment and then proceeds to dissect individual aspects of punishment. Topics include the sentencing process, responsibility of the judge, disparity and discrimination in sentencing, and sentencing reform. This book is an ideal text for courses on the judicial system, criminal law, law and society, and corrections. It can be an essential resource to help students understand patterns in the wide discretion and latitude given to judges when determining punishments within the framework of the United States judicial system.

Subject

• Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States
• Punishment > United States
• Judicial process > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0761987606 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001005430

OCLC

• 48003114
• SCSB-10738122

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library