RT Article
T1 Punishing for the Past (Sometimes): Judicial Perspectives on Criminal History Enhancements
JF The prison journal
VO 101
IS 4
SP 443
OP 465
A1 Hester, Rhys
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1765617901
AB Prior criminal record is routinely cited as one of the primary determinants of sentencing, and the common view is that prior record was a leading factor in non-guidelines jurisdictions going back decades. Yet, recent findings from a non-guidelines state failed to conform to this account. This study uses interviews with judges from a non-guidelines state to understand the role of prior record in sentencing in an unstructured sentencing state. This study also reexamines some of the early sentencing guidelines formation literature and finds some indications that pre-guidelines, prior record was not universally an instrumental predictor of sentence length.
K1 Criminal History
K1 Prior Record
K1 Sentencing Guidelines
K1 Sentencing
DO 10.1177/00328855211029663