Cassia Spohn

Broschiertes Buch

How Do Judges Decide?

The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment

Beschreibung

How are sentences for Federal, State, and Local crimes determined in the United States? Is this process fairly and justly applied to all concerned? How have reforms affected the process over the last 25 years? This text for advanced undergraduate students in criminal justice programs seeks to answer these questions.

Autor

Cassia Spohn is School Director and Foundation Professor of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She is the author of several books, including The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (with Sam Walker and Miriam DeLone) and How Do Judges Decide? The Search for Fairness and Equity in Sentencing. She has published a number of articles examining prosecutors' charging decisions in sexual assault cases and exploring the effect of race/ethnicity on charging and sentencing decisions. Her current research interests include the effect of race and gender on court processing decisions, victim characteristics and case outcomes in sexual assault cases, judicial decision making, sentencing of drug offenders, and the deterrent effect of imprisonment. In 1999, she was awarded the University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781412961042
• ISBN-10: 1412961041
• Artikelnr.: 25435633