Add to ORKGOne of the problems facing the criminal justice system is unwarranted disparity as a result of unbridled discretion. Although disparity, by itself, does not necessarily indicate a problem in the criminal justice system, disparity unwarranted does present a problem. Disparity becomes unwarranted when, controlling for legal factors, extralegal factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, and age influence court processing decisions. The greater the discretion one possesses, the higher the likelihood of unwarranted disparity in one’s decisions (Albonetti, 1991; Meeker, Jesilow, & Aranda, 1992; Bushway & Piehl, 2001). Within the criminal court system, judicial discretion in sentencing has received the most scrutiny
Sentencing constitutes the critical connection between the criminal law and the penal system. Theref...
[Excerpt] “Until the passage of the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1984, federal judges had r...
In United States v. Booker, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are no lon...
One of the problems facing the criminal justice system is unwarranted disparity as a result of unbri...
The desirability and constitutionality of discretionary criminal sentencing can be ascertained only ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions in United States v. Booker and Blakely v. Washington, invali...
The guidelines have shifted the locus of discretion from the judge to the prosecutor. This transfer ...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were promulgated in response to concerns of widespread disparities...
This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing ou...
Criminal justice stakeholders are strongly concerned with disparities in penalty outcomes. Dispariti...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Prior to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, criminal sentences were rarely appealed. For the first t...
Sentencing philosophies and the power to determine a convict\u27s fate have been topics of much deba...
Objectives: We argue that the reasons court actors conform to or depart from sentencing guideline re...
Sentencing constitutes the critical connection between the criminal law and the penal system. Theref...
[Excerpt] “Until the passage of the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1984, federal judges had r...
In United States v. Booker, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are no lon...
One of the problems facing the criminal justice system is unwarranted disparity as a result of unbri...
The desirability and constitutionality of discretionary criminal sentencing can be ascertained only ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions in United States v. Booker and Blakely v. Washington, invali...
The guidelines have shifted the locus of discretion from the judge to the prosecutor. This transfer ...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were promulgated in response to concerns of widespread disparities...
This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing ou...
Criminal justice stakeholders are strongly concerned with disparities in penalty outcomes. Dispariti...
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Prior to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, criminal sentences were rarely appealed. For the first t...
Sentencing philosophies and the power to determine a convict\u27s fate have been topics of much deba...
Objectives: We argue that the reasons court actors conform to or depart from sentencing guideline re...
Sentencing constitutes the critical connection between the criminal law and the penal system. Theref...
[Excerpt] “Until the passage of the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1984, federal judges had r...
In United States v. Booker, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are no lon...