Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing [[electronic resource] /] / Jawjeong Wu
| Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing [[electronic resource] /] / Jawjeong Wu |
| Autore | Wu Jawjeong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/0772 |
| Collana | Criminal justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Citizenship - United States Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Critical legal studies - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59332-683-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Citizenship Status and Sentencing; CHAPTER 2; Federal Sentencing Guidelines; CHAPTER 3; Theoretical Perspectives and Review of Research; CHAPTER 4; Data and Research Methodology; CHAPTER 5; Statistical Analysis and Findings; CHAPTER 6; Linking Empirical Findings to Theories; CHAPTER 7; Conclusions and Implications; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462268403321 |
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| El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 | ||
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Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing [[electronic resource] /] / Jawjeong Wu
| Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing [[electronic resource] /] / Jawjeong Wu |
| Autore | Wu Jawjeong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/0772 |
| Collana | Criminal justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Citizenship - United States Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Critical legal studies - United States |
| ISBN | 1-59332-683-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Citizenship Status and Sentencing; CHAPTER 2; Federal Sentencing Guidelines; CHAPTER 3; Theoretical Perspectives and Review of Research; CHAPTER 4; Data and Research Methodology; CHAPTER 5; Statistical Analysis and Findings; CHAPTER 6; Linking Empirical Findings to Theories; CHAPTER 7; Conclusions and Implications; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785952803321 |
Wu Jawjeong
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| El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing / / Jawjeong Wu
| Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing / / Jawjeong Wu |
| Autore | Wu Jawjeong |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/0772 |
| Collana | Criminal justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Citizenship - United States Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Critical legal studies - United States |
| ISBN |
9781593326838
1593326831 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Citizenship Status and Sentencing; CHAPTER 2; Federal Sentencing Guidelines; CHAPTER 3; Theoretical Perspectives and Review of Research; CHAPTER 4; Data and Research Methodology; CHAPTER 5; Statistical Analysis and Findings; CHAPTER 6; Linking Empirical Findings to Theories; CHAPTER 7; Conclusions and Implications; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910963708403321 |
Wu Jawjeong
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| El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive
| Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive |
| Autore | Mello Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/0772 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - United States
Defense (Criminal procedure) - United States Capital punishment - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9446-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The law's machinery of death -- Death clerk -- The aging hit man : Anthony Antone -- Executing the insane : Alvin Ford -- The electric chair : Bob Sullivan -- Racism : James Adams and James Dupree Henry -- Executing juveniles : Paul Magill -- The poet : Stephen Todd Booker -- The landmark case : Jim Hitchcock -- My roommate : Joseph Green Brown -- The innocent man : Bennie Demps -- Missing in action : David Funchess -- Poorhouse justice : David Washington -- Killed by a legal technicality : Ronald Straight. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452178303321 |
Mello Michael
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive
| Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive |
| Autore | Mello Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/0772 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - United States
Defense (Criminal procedure) - United States Capital punishment - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9446-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The law's machinery of death -- Death clerk -- The aging hit man : Anthony Antone -- Executing the insane : Alvin Ford -- The electric chair : Bob Sullivan -- Racism : James Adams and James Dupree Henry -- Executing juveniles : Paul Magill -- The poet : Stephen Todd Booker -- The landmark case : Jim Hitchcock -- My roommate : Joseph Green Brown -- The innocent man : Bennie Demps -- Missing in action : David Funchess -- Poorhouse justice : David Washington -- Killed by a legal technicality : Ronald Straight. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784203303321 |
Mello Michael
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Guideline sentencing : an outline of appellate case law on selected issues / / Federal Judicial Center
| Guideline sentencing : an outline of appellate case law on selected issues / / Federal Judicial Center |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Federal Judicial Center, , -2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Disciplina |
345.73/0772
347.305772 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Appellate procedure - United States Appellate procedure Sentences (Criminal procedure) |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Digests.
Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Guideline sentencing |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708087403321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Federal Judicial Center, , -2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- |
| Descrizione fisica | v. <1> |
| Disciplina |
345.73/0772
347.305772 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BlumsteinAlfred |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States - States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-24590-5
9786610245901 0-309-56392-5 0-585-19496-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455773303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- |
| Descrizione fisica | v. <1> |
| Disciplina |
345.73/0772
347.305772 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BlumsteinAlfred |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States - States |
| ISBN |
1-280-24590-5
9786610245901 0-309-56392-5 0-585-19496-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778682103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] . Volume II : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Research on sentencing [[electronic resource] ] . Volume II : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina |
345.73/0772
347.305772 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BlumsteinAlfred |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States - States |
| ISBN |
1-280-24594-8
9786610245949 0-309-56785-8 0-585-18217-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778683103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research on sentencing : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Research on sentencing : the search for reform / / Alfred Blumstein ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Sentencing Research, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- |
| Descrizione fisica | v. <1> |
| Disciplina |
345.73/0772
347.305772 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BlumsteinAlfred |
| Soggetto topico |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States - States |
| ISBN |
9786610245901
9781280245909 1280245905 9780309563925 0309563925 9780585194967 0585194963 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- The Sentencing Reform Movement -- Goals of Sentencing -- SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES -- INTRODUCTION: DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITY -- THE RANGE OF VARIABLES CONSIDERED AND THEIR EXPLANATORY POWER -- THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES -- DISCRIMINATION BY RACE -- Prison Populations -- The Sentencing Process -- DISCRIMINATION BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS -- DISCRIMINATION BY SEX -- CASE-PROCESSING VARIABLES -- DISPARITY -- STRUCTURING SENTENCING DECISIONS -- POLICY AND TECHNICAL CHOICES -- DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ENFORCING NEW SENTENCING POLICIES -- ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF NEW SENTENCING POLICIES -- THE RESULTS OF REFORMS -- THE METHODOLOGY OF IMPACT STUDIES -- SENTENCING POLICIES AND PRISON POPULATIONS -- RESEARCH AGENDA -- SENTENCING PRACTICE AND BEHAVIOR -- ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN SENTENCING POLICY -- NATURAL EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SENTENCING CHANGES -- 1 Introduction: Sentencing Practices and the Sentencing Reform Movement -- THE PROCESSES THAT CONSTITUTE SENTENCING -- VICTIMS AND WITNESSES -- POLICE -- PROSECUTORS -- JUDGES -- PAROLE BOARDS -- CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS -- EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY: COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS -- LEGISLATURES -- THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE -- THE GOALS OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS -- NORMATIVE GOALS -- FUNCTIONAL GOALS -- AMERICAN SENTENCING IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SENTENCING -- Prosecutors -- Parole Boards -- Trial Judges -- EUROPEAN SENTENCING SYSTEMS -- Plea Bargaining -- Parole -- Appellate Sentence Review -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN SENTENCING STRUCTURES AND EFFORTS TO REFORM THEM -- Colonial America -- 1790-1820: Reform of the Law -- 1820-1900: Emphasis on Prisons -- 1900-1970: The Rehabilitative Model.
THE CURRENT SENTENCING REFORM MOVEMENT -- Prison Uprisings and the Civil Rights Movement -- The Philosophy of Rights and Control of Discretion -- Demand for Accountability -- Rejection of Rehabilitation -- Disparity and Discrimination -- Crime Control -- The Role of Social Science Research in Sentencing Changes -- SCOPE OF THIS REPORT -- 2 Determinants of Sentences -- ISSUES -- THE RANGE OF VARIABLES CONSIDERED AS DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES -- DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITY -- Discrimination -- Disparity -- ALTERNATE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYSES OF SENTENCING -- Observation and Interviews -- Experiments -- Statistical and Combined Approaches -- FINDINGS -- METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS -- THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES -- Offense Seriousness -- Offender's Prior Record -- Methodological Issues -- DISCRIMINATION BY RACE -- Prison Populations -- Studies of Sentencing -- Measurement Errors and Their Consequences -- DISCRIMINATION BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS -- DISCRIMINATION BY SEX -- CASE-PROCESSING VARIABLES -- DISPARITY -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Structuring Sentencing Decisions -- THE VARIETY OF INNOVATIONS -- THE RETREAT FROM INDETERMINACY -- CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES -- REASONS REQUIREMENTS AND PRESUMPTIONS -- SENTENCING INSTITUTES -- SENTENCING COUNCILS -- ABOLITION OR REGULATION OF PLEA NEGOTIATION -- MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES -- STATUTORY DETERMINATE SENTENCING LAWS (ABOLITION OF PAROLE) -- PRESUMPTIVE/PRESCRIPTIVE SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND SENTENCING COMMISSIONS -- VOLUNTARY/DESCRIPTIVE SENTENCING GUIDELINES -- PAROLE GUIDELINES -- APPELLATE SENTENCE REVIEW -- DEVELOPING GUIDELINES: MODELING AND DATA ISSUES -- MODELING PAST PRACTICE -- USING EMPIRICAL DATA -- DATA DEFINITION -- Data Collection -- Sample Design -- DEVELOPING GUIDELINES: POLICY AND TECHNICAL CHOICES -- UNAVOIDABLE POLICY CHOICES -- The Guidelines Offense -- Guilty-Plea Discounts. Social Variables -- Urban/Rural Differences -- Comment -- PRACTICAL ISSUES IN STRUCTURING SENTENCING DISCRETION -- Approaches for Formatting and Presenting Sentencing Standards -- Organizing Principles of Guidelines Matrices -- Linking Offender Score to Current Offense -- Specificity of Sentencing Standards -- Philosophical Implications -- THE PROCESSES OF DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ENFORCING NEW SENTENCING STANDARDS -- DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND IMPLEMENTATION -- ENFORCEMENT -- Legal Authority -- Review Mechanisms -- 4 Sentencing Reforms and Their Effects -- COMPLIANCE WITH SENTENCING REFORMS -- ABOLITION OF PLEA BARGAINING -- MANDATORY SENTENCING LAWS -- DETERMINATE SENTENCING IN CALIFORNIA -- SENTENCING GUIDELINES -- PAROLE REFORMS -- Parole Abolition -- Parole Guidelines -- ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO SENTENCING REFORMS -- ADAPTATIONS TO PLEA-BARGAINING BANS -- Alaska -- "Hampton" County -- Wayne County, Michigan -- MANDATORY SENTENCING LAWS -- CALIFORNIA'S DETERMINATE SENTENCING LAW -- Charging -- Plea Bargaining -- SENTENCING GUIDELINES -- PAROLE GUIDELINES -- THE USE AND SEVERITY OF SANCTIONS -- PLEA-BARGAINING BANS -- MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING LAWS -- CALIFORNIA'S DETERMINATE SENTENCING LAW -- Trends in Prison Use -- Factors Contributing to Increased Prison Use -- Impact on Length and Disparity of Prison Terms -- SENTENCING GUIDELINES -- PAROLE GUIDELINES -- Departure Rates -- Changes in Disparity and Severity -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUBSTANTIVE FINDINGS -- Formal Compliance -- Adaptive Responses -- Sentencing Outcomes, Disparity, and Marginal Cases -- METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS -- The Need for Extended Observation Periods -- The Need for Outcome Measures at All Levels of Case Processing -- The Need for Adequate Controls for Changes in Case Attributes -- The Need for Qualitative Analysis of System Functioning. 5 Sentencing Policies and Their Impact on Prison Populations -- CHANGES IN PRISON POPULATIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- INCREASES IN PRISON POPULATIONS -- PRISON CAPACITY AND CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT -- Inmate Health and Behavior -- Determinate Sentencing and Institutional Programs -- Inmate Misconduct, Disciplinary Procedures, and Determinate Sentencing -- PROJECTION OF PRISON POPULATIONS: NEED, TECHNOLOGY, AND USES -- NEED FOR PROJECTIONS OF PRISON POPULATIONS -- PROJECTION METHODS: THEIR USES AND SHORTCOMINGS -- Naive Projections Using the Existing Situation as a Baseline -- Extrapolations of Time-Series Data -- Use of Predictor Variables -- Projections Based on Demographic-Specific Incarceration Rates -- Disaggregated Flow Models -- Microsimulation Models -- ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF SENTENCING POLICY CHANGES ON PRISON POPULATIONS -- ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING INCREASING PRISON POPULATIONS -- INCREASING PRISON CAPACITY: THE POPULATION-CONSTRUCTION NEXUS -- ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION -- MECHANISMS TO CONTROL INFLOW AND RELEASE OF PRISONERS -- IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- 6 Research Agenda for the Study of Sentencing -- GENERAL RESEARCH STRATEGY -- A BALANCED PROGRAM -- CAPITALIZING ON NATURAL EXPERIMENTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMING -- DATA NEEDS -- DIVERSIFYING RESEARCH APPROACHES -- DETERMINANTS OF SENTENCES -- DISCRIMINATION -- CASE-PROCESSING VARIABLES -- DISPARITY -- PUBLIC OPINION -- RESEARCH APPROACHES -- STRUCTURING SENTENCING DECISIONS -- PREDICTION RESEARCH AND SELECTIVE INCAPACITATION -- APPELLATE REVIEW -- IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW POLICIES -- EFFECTS OF SENTENCING REFORMS -- SENTENCING POLICY AND PRISONS -- References -- APPENDIX A Participants, Conference on Sentencing Research -- APPENDIX B Biographical Sketches, Panel Members and Staff. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965411503321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983- | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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