Sentence discounts and the criminal process /
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| Author / Creator: | Henham, Ralph J., 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot : Ashgate Dartmouth, c2001. |
| Description: | xvii, 146 p. : ill. ; ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4621807 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Cases
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Crown Court
- Background
- Theoretical Context
- Methodology
- Research aims
- Research methods
- Results
- Judicial compliance with s48
- Structural factors and sentence discounts
- Penal decisions and sentence discounts
- Offence related factors and sentence discounts
- Offender related factors and sentence discounts
- Differences in practice between Centres
- Court of Appeal guidance and sentence discounts
- Conclusions and Implications
- 2. The Magistrates Court
- Introduction
- Background
- Methodology
- Research aims
- Research methods
- Results
- Magistrates' compliance with s48
- Penal decisions and sentence discounts
- Structural factors and sentence discounts
- Conclusion
- 3. A Comparative Analysis--The United States
- Introduction
- 'Plea Bargaining'--A Matter of Terminology
- Sentence Discounts in the United States
- The federal sentencing guidelines
- State sentencing systems
- Conclusions and Implications
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Bibliography