Predictive sentencing : : normative and empirical perspectives / / edited by Jan W de Keijser, Julian V Roberts, Jesper Ryberg.

• TeilnehmendeR: Keijser, Jan Willem de, 1968-; Roberts, Julian V.,; Ryberg, Jesper,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, UK ;, Portland, Oregon : : Hart Publishing,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 309 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1509921443; 1509921435; 1509921427
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jan W de Keijser, Julian V Roberts, Jesper Ryberg.

"Predictive Sentencing addresses the role of risk assessment in contemporary sentencing practices. Predictive sentencing has become so deeply ingrained in Western criminal justice decision-making that despite early ethical discussions about selective incapacitation, it currently attracts little critique. Nor has it been subjected to a thorough normative and empirical scrutiny. This is problematic since much current policy and practice concerning risk predictions is inconsistent with mainstream theories of punishment. Moreover, predictive sentencing exacerbates discrimination and disparity in sentencing. Although structured risk assessments may have replaced 'gut feelings', and have now been systematically implemented in Western justice systems, the fundamental issues and questions that surround the use of risk assessment instruments at sentencing remain unresolved. This volume critically evaluates these issues and will be of great interest to scholars of criminal justice and criminology."--Bloomsbury Publishing.