Sentencing as a Human Process / / John Hogarth.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hogarth, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.) :; tables, figures throughout

Sentencing is not a neutral or mechanical act; it is a human process, highly charged affectively and motivationally. Sentencing decisions take place in a social environment of laws, facts, ideas, and people. This study of sentencing behaviour is primarily concerned with the mental processes involved...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. Introduction: The Problem of Sentencing
• 2. The Theoretical Basis to the Study
• 3. Jurisdiction, Appointment, and Tenure
• 4. Background Characteristics of Magistrates
• 5. Penal Philosophy: Similarities and Differences Among Magistrates
• 6. The Meaning of Judicial Attitudes
• 7. The Measurement of Judicial Attitudes
• 8. The Content and Structure of Attitudes to Crime and Punishment
• 9. The Prediction of Sentencing Behaviour from Attitude Scales
• 10. Legal Constraints on Sentencing
• 11. Social Constraints on Sentencing
• 12. The Impact of SocioLegal Constraints on Sentencing
• 13. The Relationship of Social Characteristics to Attitudes and Beliefs
• 14. The Search for Information
• 15. Communication of Information
• 16. The Assessment of Information
• 17. The Organization and Integration of Information
• 18. The Complexity of Thought Processes in Sentencing
• 19. The Prediction of Sentencing Behaviour from Fact Patterns Perceived by Magistrates
• 20. Towards a Model of Sentencing Behaviour
• 21. Summary of Principal Findings
• An Afterword. Implications for the Improvement of Sentencing
• Bibliography
• Index