Judicial Reliance on Risk Assessment in Sentencing Drug and Property Offenders: A Test of the Treatment Resource Hypothesis:

For almost two decades, Virginia has used risk assessment to justify “alternative” nonprison sentences for eligible drug and property offenders. In Study 1, we examined how frequently alternative sentences actually were imposed. We found that alternative sentences were given to only 42% of low-risk...

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Authors: Garrett, Brandon L. 1975- (Author) ; Jakubow, Alexander (Author) ; Monahan, John 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2019]
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 46, Issue: 6, Pages: 799-810
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Risk assessment
Alternative sentences
Treatment resources
Drug and property crimes