How Do Judges Decide The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment

Name: How Do Judges Decide
Author: Cassia Spohn

Auteur: Cassia Spohn

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Cassia Spohn

Engels
Paperback
9781412961042
11 februari 2009
357 pagina's

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This new edition has updated statistics and new research and case laws, as well as additional material on the prosecutor′s role in sentencing and speciality courts.

How are sentences for federal, state, and local crimes determined?
Is this process fairly and justly applied to all concerned?
How have reforms affected the process over the last 25 years?

Offering a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States, How Do Judges Decide? The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment explores these questions and more. Author Cassia Spohn first discusses the overall concept of punishment and then analyzes individual aspects of it, including the sentencing process, the responsibility of the judge, and disparity and discrimination in sentencing. This Second Edition offers new information on the impact of sentencing reforms, including recent research and case law, updated statistics in tables and figures, and new boxed highlights.

Key Features

Helps students understand patterns in the wide discretion and latitude given to judges when determining penalties within the framework of the U.S. judicial system
Engages the reader with "Focus on an Issue" sections, which analyze key issues such as gender and sentencing (Ch.4) and the impact of race on sentencing for drug offenses (Ch.5)
Examines sentencing reforms and their impact, providing students with up-to-date information on how punishment is meted out in U.S. courts.
Contains boxed excerpts in each chapter from books and articles, with a variety of case studies on topics such as the O.J. Simpson murder trial, judicial surveys, and comparison of sentences in different jurisdictions by gender
Offers new material on specialty courts and the prosecutor′s role in sentencing
Concludes each chapter with discussion questions

How Do Judges Decide? is an ideal text for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses on the judicial system, criminal law, and law and society.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 februari 2009
Aantal pagina's: 357
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Cassia Spohn
Hoofduitgeverij: Sage Publications Inc

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Originele titel: How Do Judges Decide?: The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment

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Editie: 2
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 222 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm
Verpakking lengte: 222 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 499 g

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EAN: 9781412961042

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Rechten

Misdaad & Criminaliteit

Sociologie

Strafrecht & Strafprocesrecht

Strafleer & Straf

Sociale theorie

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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Taal: Engels
Land: Verenigde Staten

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