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Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance /

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This book describes an original, empirical study of judicial decision making. The process of determining sentences is a difficult one for judges and often unnecessarily intuitive, subjective, and complex. The present study introduces a conceptual outline and empirical technique for increasing the pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lovegrove, Austin
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989.
Series:Research in criminology.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Criminal law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A Perspective for a Quantitative Approach to Sentencing Policy and Guidance
  • An Archival Study of a Legal Model of Judicial Decision Making in Sentencing
  • Sentencing Policy and Numerical Guidance as a Deliberative Process
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.