Words matter: judges’ value judgments in sentence pronouncements remarks

This study examines judges’ value judgments on their remarks during sentence pronouncements. We performed a content analysis of 93 sentence pronouncements from the 13 judges from a Portuguese criminal court. Within these discourses, 299 discourse units were codified as judges’ value judgments, that...

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Authors: de Castro Rodrigues, Andreia (Author) ; Cunha, Olga S. (Author) ; Quintas, Jorge (Author) ; Gonçalves, Rui A. (Author) ; Sacau-Fontenla, Ana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2023, Volume: 80, Issue: 4, Pages: 455-477
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Keywords:
Judges’ training
Judges’ value judgements
Judicial decision-making process
Penal justice
Qualitative methodology
Sentence pronouncements
Sentencing