How do judges decide?
Subtitle: the search for fairness and justice in punishment
By: Cassia Spohn.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781412961042
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States; Punishment -- United States; Judicial process -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The goals of sentencing; title: The sentencing process; title: How do judges decide?; title: Sentencing disparity and discrimination : a focus on gender; title: Sentencing disparity and discrimination : a focus on race/ethnicity; title: The sentencing reform movement; title: The impact of the sentencing reforms.