Forty Years of American Sentencing Guidelines: what Have We Learned?

Since 1980, 22 state and federal jurisdictions have adopted sentencing guidelines. Nineteen still have them. No two systems are alike. Experience suggests that any well-designed system requires five core features: a permanent, balanced, independent, and adequately funded sentencing commission; typic...

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Main Author: Frase, Richard S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime and justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Pages: 79-135
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