Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance

by Austin Lovegrove

Book Overview

This book describes an original, empirical study of judicial decision making. The process of determining sentences is a difficult one for judges and often unnecessarily intuitive, subjective, and complex. The present study introduces a conceptual outline and empirical technique for increasing the precision of sentencing policy, thus offering an aid to judges who sentence in the light of this policy. The primary purpose of this model of judicial decision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468470825
• ISBN13: 9781468470826
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"