Sentencing MattersOxford University Press, 1997 - 222 strani |
Vsebina
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Reforming Sentencing | 25 |
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines | 72 |
Intermediate Sanctions | 100 |
Mandatory Penalties | 134 |
Judges and Sentencing Policy | 165 |
Sentencing Reform in Comparative Perspective | 174 |
What Is to Be Done? | 190 |
References | 197 |
Index | 217 |
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Stran 29 - It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
Stran 18 - But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater evil.
Stran 93 - If a sentence specified by the guidelines includes a term of imprisonment, the maximum of the range established for such a term shall not exceed the minimum of that range by more than the greater of 25 percent or 6 months...
Stran 77 - ... there exists an aggravating or mitigating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines that should result in a sentence different from that described.
Stran 145 - Michigan revealed : [A]rmed robbery is so often downgraded that the Michigan parole board tends to treat a conviction for unarmed robbery as prima facie proof that the defendant had a weapon. And the frequency of altering nighttime burglary to breaking and entering in the daytime led one prosecutor to remark : "You'd think all our burglaries occur at high noon.
Stran 58 - ... penal, correctional, and other facilities and services available, and shall make recommendations concerning any change or expansion in the nature or capacity of such facilities and services that might become necessary as a result of the guidelines promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The sentencing guidelines prescribed under this chapter shall be formulated to minimize the likelihood that the Federal prison population will exceed the capacity of the Federal prisons, as determined...
Stran 78 - State need not prove abuse or neglect beyond a reasonable doubt, but only by a preponderance of the evidence, a somewhat lower standard of proof. 4. Dispositional hearing. Child abuse and neglect proceedings in the juvenile court are "bifurcated proceedings...
Stran 91 - Upon motion of the Government, the court shall have the authority to impose a sentence below a level established by statute as a minimum sentence so as to reflect a defendant's substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense.
Stran 200 - Lurigio, and Joan Petersilia. 1992. Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage. Byrne, James M., and April Pattavina. 1992. "The Effectiveness Issue: Assessing What Works in the Adult Community Corrections System.