The sentencing process /

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Imprint:Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Dartmouth, c1997.
Description:xxxiv, 492 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:The international library of criminology, criminal justice and penology
International library of criminology, criminal justice & penology.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2712008
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Other authors / contributors:Wasik, Martin.
ISBN:1855217848 (hb)
Notes:A collection of essays originally published in law journals from 1963 to 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Establishing Facts and Providing Reason: Lawlessness in sentencing
  • Establishing a factual basis for sentencing
  • Criminal law: the missing element in sentencing reform
  • Sentencing: the case for reasoned decisions
  • Reasons for sentence; an empirical investigation
  • Having a Say on Sentence: Social enquiry for the courts
  • Pre-sentence reports, culpability and the 1991 Act
  • A balanced performance on sentence - some comments on the modern role of defense counsel in the sentencing process
  • The role of the prosecutor on sentence
  • Victims' voices in criminal court: the need for restraint
  • Issues of Evidence and Process: Sentencing problems raised by guilty pleas: an analysis of negotiated pleas in the Birmingham Crown Court
  • Is plea-bargaining inevitable?
  • Rules of evidence in the sentencing process
  • How unreliable fact finding can undermine sentencing guidelines
  • Fact finding at federal sentencing: why the guidelines should meet the rules
  • Sentences without conviction: from status to contract in sentencing
  • Name index