Sentencing guidelines: lessons from Pennsylvania - Kramer, John H.; Ulmer, Jeffery T. (Lynne Rienner, 2009)
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