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Social worlds of sentencing : court communities under sentencing guidelines /
"Many states and the federal system have embraced sentencing guidelines as a mechanism of sentencing reform. This book draws from interactionist theories of organizations and James Eisenstein's depiction of courts as communities to frame an investigation of sentencing disparity, case proce...
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| Format: | Online Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1997.
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| Series: | SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies.
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| Access: | Online version |
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| Summary: | "Many states and the federal system have embraced sentencing guidelines as a mechanism of sentencing reform. This book draws from interactionist theories of organizations and James Eisenstein's depiction of courts as communities to frame an investigation of sentencing disparity, case processing, and organizational relations under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines. The author provides a statistical analysis of statewide sentencing outcomes and a comparative statistical and ethnographic analysis of three different-sized county courts. The statistical data show that the major influences on sentencing are legally prescribed ones, but that factors such as conviction by trial, race and gender, and court size are also significant. Ethnographic data illuminate processes behind the statistics by connecting court organizational contexts to case processing strategies, and these strategies to sentencing outcomes. The book concludes with twelve general propositions for future research, discussing possibilities and limitations of sentencing guidelines, and addressing broader issues in the sociology of crime, law, and organizations."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585076154 9780585076157 0791434974 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. |