Criminal Courts as Inhabited Institutions: making Sense of Difference and Similarity in Sentencing

An inhabited institutions perspective views institutions from the bottom up, as “inhabited” by individual and organizational actors who have agency, rather than as static, top-down structures. Criminal justice structures and policies, such as those that govern courts and their sentencing decisions,...

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Main Author: Ulmer, Jeffery T. 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime and justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Pages: 483-522
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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