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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Autores principales: de Castro Rodrigues, Andreia (Autor) ; Cunha, Olga S. (Autor) ; Quintas, Jorge (Autor) ; Gonçalves, Rui A. (Autor) ; Sacau-Fontenla, Ana (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2023
En: Crime, law and social change
Año: 2023, Volumen: 80, Número: 4, Páginas: 455-477
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Palabras clave:
Judges’ training
Judges’ value judgements
Judicial decision-making process
Penal justice
Qualitative methodology
Sentence pronouncements
Sentencing