Add to ORKGOf all the decisions facing trial judges, those surrounding sentencing are the most difficult. Public opinion focuses on the sentencing of criminal defendants - particularly those defendants whose trials have received media attention - and public outrage results from what is perceived as a light sentence. Judges are called upon to be tougher on criminals, and women judges in particular are perceived as being too lenient. The NAWJ, in recognition of the difficulty faced by all judges in the area of sentencing, presented the panel on Sentencing to share and discuss viewpoints on this issue
In recent times, parliaments have introduced legislation directing judges to take defined purposes i...
This article reports the findings of the first study in Australia to compare theresponses of judges ...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...
Of all the decisions facing trial judges, those surrounding sentencing are the most difficult. Publi...
The inequities of sentences for criminal offenders present one of the great problems in the administ...
How judges sentence is a question frequently asked, but infrequently explored. What factors are take...
In their sentencing remarks, judges aspire to make their reasoning accessible and to appropriately a...
The guidelines have shifted the locus of discretion from the judge to the prosecutor. This transfer ...
Advisors: Artemus Ward.Committee members: Scot Schraufnagel; Mathew J. Streb.American trial judges e...
It is almost trite to say that sentencing offenders is difficult and complex. Yet of all of the judi...
Research into judicial attitudes and perceptions of sentencing is rare, and there are difficulties w...
Confidence in the courts and how to address the populist view that judges are out of touch and sent...
The study reported here examined the value of using jurors to help the justice system understand pub...
International audienceSurveys indicate that between 70% and 80% of people consider judges to be too ...
This Term, Cunningham v. California offers the Supreme Court a rare opportunity to bring order to it...
In recent times, parliaments have introduced legislation directing judges to take defined purposes i...
This article reports the findings of the first study in Australia to compare theresponses of judges ...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...
Of all the decisions facing trial judges, those surrounding sentencing are the most difficult. Publi...
The inequities of sentences for criminal offenders present one of the great problems in the administ...
How judges sentence is a question frequently asked, but infrequently explored. What factors are take...
In their sentencing remarks, judges aspire to make their reasoning accessible and to appropriately a...
The guidelines have shifted the locus of discretion from the judge to the prosecutor. This transfer ...
Advisors: Artemus Ward.Committee members: Scot Schraufnagel; Mathew J. Streb.American trial judges e...
It is almost trite to say that sentencing offenders is difficult and complex. Yet of all of the judi...
Research into judicial attitudes and perceptions of sentencing is rare, and there are difficulties w...
Confidence in the courts and how to address the populist view that judges are out of touch and sent...
The study reported here examined the value of using jurors to help the justice system understand pub...
International audienceSurveys indicate that between 70% and 80% of people consider judges to be too ...
This Term, Cunningham v. California offers the Supreme Court a rare opportunity to bring order to it...
In recent times, parliaments have introduced legislation directing judges to take defined purposes i...
This article reports the findings of the first study in Australia to compare theresponses of judges ...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...