Combines quantitative and qualitative data in a careful investigation of sentencing processes and context under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines.
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Good condition. Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index. Good condition copy, Soil mark on, Wear to over all book from storage, Bump to book edges, crease to cover, Pages appears to contain minor markings, good study copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States; Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States, Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Social aspects, --United States; ISBN: 0791434982. ISBN/EAN: 9780791434987. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561026344.
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New. 0791434982. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--233 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. --TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Tables * Preface * 1 Courts, Sentencing, and Sentencing Guidelines * 2 Court Communities as Social Worlds * 3 Data and Analytical Strategy * 4 Statewide Sentencing Outcomes * 5 Metro County * 6 Rich County * 7 Southwest County * 8 Conclusion: Court Communities and Sentencing under Guidelines * App. A Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines * App. B Examples of Interview Questions by Topic * App. C Descriptive Statistics: Variables in State-wide Analysis * Notes * References * Index. --DESCRIPTION: Many states and the federal system have embraced sentencing guidelines as a mechanism of sentencing reform. This book draws from interactionist theories of organizations, and James Eisenstein's depiction of courts as communities, to frame an investigation of sentencing disparity, case processing, and organizational relations under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines. The author provides a statistical analysis of statewide sentencing outcomes and a comparative statistical and ethnographic analysis of three different-sized county courts. The statistical data show that the major influences on sentencing are legally prescribed ones, but that factors such as conviction by trial, race and gender, and court size are also significant. Ethnographic data illuminate processes behind the statistics by connecting court organizational contexts to case processing strategies, and these strategies to sentencing outcomes. The book concludes with twelve general propositions for future research, discussing possibilities and limitations of sentencing guidelines, and addressing broader issues in the sociology of crime, law, and organizations. * * FS REVIEW: Now we know how it is that there are some wives who, after catching their husbands in bed with another woman, and being asked, "Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? ", manage to choose the former. --with a bonus offer--
