Title Sentencing guidelines : lessons from Pennsylvania / John H. Kramer, Jeffery T. Ulmer

Published Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations Contents Understanding sentencing -- Constructing Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines -- Pennsylvania's Commission meets new challenges -- Sentencing serious violent offenders -- Racial, ethnic, gender, and age disparity -- Location matters : variation among counties -- Guilty pleas vs. trial convictions : unwarranted disparity -- Guidelines and mandatory minimums -- Can guidelines change sentencing practices? -- Lessons from Pennsylvania's struggle for justice Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index Notes Print version record Subject Pennsylvania. Commission on Sentencing -- History Pennsylvania. Commission on Sentencing Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Pennsylvania Prison sentences -- Pennsylvania Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. Prison sentences Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Social aspects Urteilsformel Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Ulmer, Jeffery T., 1966- LC no. 2008012826 ISBN 9781588269188 1588269183

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