Sentencing law and policy
Subtitle: cases, statutes, and guidelines
By: Nora V. Demleitner ... [et al.].
Contributors: Demleitner, Nora V., 1966-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 880
ISBN-13: 9780735563612
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States -- Cases
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The purposes of punishment and sentencing; title: Who sentences?; title: Regulating discretion; title: Sentencing inputs : the crime and its effects; title: Sentencing inputs : the offenders record and background; title: Procedure and proof at sentencing; title: Sentencing outcomes : the scale of imprisonment; title: Sentencing outcomes : nonprison punishments; title: Race, class, and gender; title: Alternatives to criminal sentences; title: Sentences reconsidered.