Sentencing Guidelines : : Lessons from Pennsylvania / / Jeffrey T. Ulmer, John H. Kramer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Kramer, John H.,; Ulmer, Jeffrey T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 p.)

Sentencing guidelines, adopted by many states in recent decades, are intended to eliminate the impact of bias based on factors ranging from a criminal’s ethnicity or gender to the county in which he or she was convicted. But have these guidelines achieved their goal of “fair punishment”? And how do the concerns of local courts shape sentencing under guidelines? In this comprehensive examination of the development, reform, and application of sentencing guidelines in one of the first states to employ them, John Kramer and Jeffery Ulmer offer a nuanced analysis of the complexities involved in administering justice.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Understanding Sentencing -- 2 Constructing Pennsylvania’s Sentencing Guidelines -- 3 Pennsylvania’s Commission Meets New Challenges -- 4 Sentencing Serious Violent Offenders -- 5 Racial, Ethnic, Gender, and Age Disparity -- 6 Location Matters: Variation Between Counties -- 7 Guilty Pleas vs. Trial Convictions: Unwarranted Disparity? -- 8 Guidelines and Mandatory Minimums -- 9 Can Guidelines Change Sentencing Practices? -- 10 Lessons from Pennsylvania’s Struggle for Justice -- Research Methods Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Book