The Framework of Judicial Sentencing: A Study in Legal Decision Making

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Framework of Judicial Sentencing: A Study in Legal Decision Making
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Austin Lovegrove
SeriesCambridge Studies in Criminology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521584272
ClassificationsDewey:345.4107720269
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 27 Tables, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 1 May 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Austin Lovegrove examines the sentencing of offenders appearing on multiple offences, and how judges, having fixed a prison sentence for each offence, determine an overall sentence for each offender. Analyzing judges' verbal protocols for sentencing problems and sentences for fictitious cases, he is able to offer, first, a model of judicial sentencing in the form of a decision strategy comprising working rules deduced from the given responses of judges as they attempted to apply sentencing law, and, second, a numerical guideline in the form of an algebraic model quantifying the application of the working rules. On the basis of this empirical data, Dr Lovegrove furthers understanding of the nature and place of intuition in sentencing and of how the cumulation of sentence can be integrated into a system of proportionality related to the seriousness of single offences.

Reviews

"...the book is valuable..." R. Barry Ruback, International Criminal Justice Review