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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
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Austin Lovegrove
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Series | Cambridge Studies in Criminology |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:296 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780521584272
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Classifications | Dewey:345.4107720269 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
27 Tables, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
1 May 1997 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
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