RT Article
T1 Intoxication and assault: an analysis of crown court sentencing practices in England and Wales
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 1
SP 132
OP 154
A1 Lightowlers, Carly
A2 Pina-Sánchez, Jose
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1576106535
AB Little is known about how the Sentencing Council’s guidance to treat intoxication as aggravation is applied in practice. With reference to assault offences, this study examines: whether intoxication has an aggravating effect; whether this is moderated through other characteristics of the case; and whether any effect is consistent across Crown Court locations. The probability of custody and sentence severity are modelled using (ordered) logit multilevel models and data from the Crown Court Sentencing Survey. The probability of receiving a custodial or severe sentence when intoxication features is increased, however, is moderated if the offence is deemed an isolated incident. Effects are relatively consistent across Crown Court locations, however ongoing monitoring of how intoxication shapes sentencing practice it is encouraged.
K1 Alcohol
K1 Intoxication
K1 Violence
K1 Assault
K1 Sentencing
K1 Sentencing guidelines
K1 Alkoholintoxikation
K1 Strafzumessung
K1 Strafrechtspolitik
DO 10.1093/bjc/azx008