Sentencing guidelines: lessons from Pennsylvania

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kramer, John H. (Author)
Contributors: Ulmer, Jeffery T.
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. [u.a.] Lynne Rienner c 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3970
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Keywords:
Pennsylvania > Commission on Sentencing > History
Pennsylvania > Strafzumessung > Richtlinie
Prison sentences > Pennsylvania
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Pennsylvania
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Social aspects > Pennsylvania
Description
Item Description:Understanding sentencing -- Constructing Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines -- Pennsylvania's Commission meets new challenges -- Sentencing serious violent offenders -- Racial, ethnic, gender, and age disparity -- Location matters : variation among counties -- Guilty pleas vs. trial convictions : unwarranted disparity -- Guidelines and mandatory minimums -- Can guidelines change sentencing practices? -- Lessons from Pennsylvania's struggle for justice. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index. - Formerly CIP
Physical Description:XIV, 273 S. graph. Darst. 24cm
ISBN:1588265994
9781588265999