Sentencing Guidelines: Lessons from Pennsylvania - Hardcover

Kramer, John H.; Ulmer, Jeffrey T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1588265994 ISBN 13: 9781588265999

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

John H. Kramer is professor of sociology and crime, law, and justice at Pennsylvania State University. Formerly, he was executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, and he served as staff director of the US Sentencing Commission in 1996-1998. Jeffery T. Ulmer is associate professor of sociology and crime, law, and justice at Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Social Worlds of Sentencing and coauthor (with Darrell J. Steffensmeier) of Confessions of a Dying Thief.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588265994
• ISBN 13: 9781588265999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 273