Handbook on sentencing policies and practices in the 21st century. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cassia Spohn and Pauline K. Brennan.
• Editors: Spohn, Cassia; Brennan, Pauline Katherine, 1967-
• Contents: Introduction / Cassia Spohn and Pauline Brennan -- The transformation of sentencing in the 21st century / Megan C. Kurlychek and John H. Kramer -- Sentencing guidelines in the U.S. / Richard S. Frase and Kelly Lyn Mitchell -- Sentencing guidelines outside the United States / Julian V. Roberts and Lyndon Harris -- Inter-district differences and extra-legal disparity under the federal sentencing guidelines : the trees are "substantially" more important than the forest / Richard D. Hartley -- Minimum sentencing for serious offences : lessons from Australia / Kate Fitz-Gibbon and James Roffee -- Discretionary release practices for juveniles facing life : a review of state parole and resentencing procedures / Stuti S. Kokkalera and Simon I. Singer -- Plea negotiations : an Australian perspective / Arie Freiberg and Asher Flynn -- Plea bargaining in the shadow of the trial / Amy Dezember and Allison D. Redlich -- Estimating the size of plea discounts : why does it matter? / Shi Yan -- To plead or not to plead? 'guilt' is the question : re-thinking plea decision-making in Anglo-American countries / Jay Gormley and Cyrus Tata -- Evolving attitudes toward capital punishment / Amy L. Anderson, Weng-Fong Chao and Philip Schwadel -- Disparities in death penalty prosecution and punishment : a review of recent research / Jeffery T. Ulmer and Lily Hanrath -- Rethinking the role of criminal history in sentencing / Rhys Hester, Richard S. Frase, Julia Laskorunsky and Kelly Lyn Mitchell -- AB109 in California : realignment, decarceration and crime in Los Angeles County / Katharine Tellis and Cassia Spohn -- The problem with problem-solving courts : the black box remains unopened after thirty years / Eileen M. Ahlin and Anne S. Douds -- Restorative justice practices and challenges in the United States / Jennifer L. Lanterman.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 345/.0772; Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- English-speaking countries; LAW / Criminal Law / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Sentences (Criminal procedure); English-speaking countries; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429027765; 0429027761; 9780429650932; 0429650930; 9780429645655; 0429645651; 9780429648298; 0429648294
• Related ISBNs: 9780367136499
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 02, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.