Sentencing law and policy : cases, statutes, and guidelines / Nora V. Demleitner [and others].
2004
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Title
Sentencing law and policy : cases, statutes, and guidelines / Nora V. Demleitner [and others].
Published
New York : Aspen Publishers, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Call Number
KF9685 .D459 2004
ISBN
0735536589
Description
xxxiii, 804 pages ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52798271
Note
Includes index.
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1
The Purposes of Punishment and Sentencing
1
A
Social Purposes of Sentencing
2
B
Purposes in Practical Context
28
2
Who Sentences?
65
A
Sentencing in the Courtroom
68
B
Legislatures and Commissions
88
C
Prosecutors
100
D
Appellate Court Guidance
109
3
Regulating Discretion
117
A
Sentencing Guideline Structures: Regulating Discretion through Administrative Rules
117
B
Capital Punishment: Regulating Discretion through Constitutional Rules
169
4
Sentencing Inputs: The Crime and Its Effects
221
A
Which Crime?
222
B
Assessing Offense Seriousness
248
C
The Role of Victims and the Community
273
5
Sentencing Inputs: The Offender's Record and Background
283
A
Prior Criminal Record
284
B
The Cooperative Defendant
305
C
The Offender's Character and Circumstances
324
6
Procedure and Proof at Sentencing
353
A
Constitutional Sentencing Procedures: Trial Versus Sentencing
353
B
Procedural Realities
405
7
Sentencing Outcomes: The Scale of Imprisonment
457
A
Incarceration Trends
457
B
Competing Explanations for Growth
466
C
The Human Experience of Prison
483
D
Limiting Imprisonment Under the Eighth Amendment
489
8
Sentencing Outcomes: Nonprison Punishments
507
A
Traditional Alternatives
508
B
Modern Alternative Sanctions
534
C
Collateral Sanctions
556
9
Race, Class, and Gender
587
A
African Americans in the Criminal Justice System
588
B
Native Peoples
614
C
Class
633
D
Gender
640
10
Alternatives to Criminal Sentences
651
A
Diversion Programs
651
B
Domestic Violence Protection Orders
661
C
Asset Forfeiture
667
D
Civil and Administrative Remedies
687
11
Sentences Reconsidered
695
A
Judicial Reconsideration of Sentences
695
B
Executive Reconsideration of Sentences
738
Table of Cases
793
Table of Statutes, Rules, and Guidelines
797
Index
801