Why do judges depart?: a review of reasons for judicial departures in federal sentencing

Over the past decade, scholars have produced a fairly large body of research evaluating the factors that predict the use of judicial departures following the Booker/Gall Supreme Court decisions, which transformed the guidelines from presumptive to advisory. With few exceptions, studies reveal that t...

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Main Author: Kaiser, Kimberly A. (Author)
Contributors: Spohn, Cassia
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology, criminal justice, law & society
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 44-62
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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