Sitting in Judgement: The Sentencing of White-Collar Criminals

by Stanton Wheeler

Book Overview

This is the first book to describe in detail how judges sentence white-collar criminals. Drawing from lengthy, in-depth interviews with fifty-one judges in seven federal districts, the authors explore such topics as the information available to sentencing judges and how they work with it; the principles of harm, blameworthiness, and consequence that affect judges' decisions; and the conceptual problems that make it difficult to convert a basic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300054750
• ISBN13: 9780300054750
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 5.4"