RT Article
T1 Split Sentencing and the "Youth Discount" in Florida Criminal Courts
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 3
SP 1060
OP 1086
A1 Lehmann, Peter S.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882524683
AB Prior research on the criminal court punishment of transferred youth relative to adult defendants has produced mixed findings; however, these disparities have not been examined in the context of intermediate and alternative sanctions. In Florida, judges have the discretion to assign a split sentence, which involves a mitigated term of imprisonment followed by a sentence to community supervision. Using data on felony cases sentenced under Florida?s Criminal Punishment Code (N?=?704,977), these results provide evidence of a ?youth discount,? with juveniles more likely than adults to receive split sentences. However, this pattern is observed regardless of whether a prison sentence is recommended by the guidelines, that is, even among cases in which a split sentence represents an upward departure.
K1 Disparity
K1 intermediate punishments
K1 juvenile transfer
K1 Sentencing Guidelines
K1 split sentencing
DO 10.1177/00111287221141967