Sentencing Multiple Crimes

Author : Jesper Ryberg,Julian V. Roberts,Jan Willem de Keijser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190607609

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Sentencing Multiple Crimes by Jesper Ryberg,Julian V. Roberts,Jan Willem de Keijser Pdf

Most people assume that criminal offenders have only been convicted of a single crime. However, in reality almost half of offenders stand to be sentenced for more than one crime. The high proportion of multiple crime offenders poses a number of practical and theoretical challenges for the criminal justice system. For instance, how should courts punish multiple offenders relative to individuals who have been sentenced for a single crime? How should they be punished relative to each other? Sentencing Multiple Crimes discusses these questions from the perspective of several legal theories. This volume considers questions such as the proportionality of the crimes committed, the temporal span between the crimes, and the relationship between theories about the punitive treatment of recidivists and multiple offenders. Contributors from around the world and in the fields of legal theory, philosophy, and psychology offer their perspectives to the volume. A comprehensive examination of the dynamics involved with sentencing multiple offenders has the potential to be a powerful tool for legal scholars and professionals, particularly given the practical importance of the topic and the relative dearth of research about punishment of multiple offense cases.

Author : Jesper Ryberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Compound offenses
ISBN : 0190607637

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Sentencing Multiple Crimes by Jesper Ryberg Pdf

Sentencing Multiple Crimes confronts the practical and theoretical challenges for the criminal justice system when punishing multiple crime offenders, including the proportionality of the crimes committed, the temporal span between the crimes, and the relationship between theories about the punitive treatment of recidivists and multiple offenders. It provides a comprehensive examination of the dynamics involved with sentencing multiple offenders from the perspective of several legal theories.

Author : Judicial Commission of New South Wales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : 0731356136

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Sentencing Bench Book by Judicial Commission of New South Wales Pdf

This book contains commentary on three key sentencing statutes, and on sentencing law for nine offence categories.

Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988-10
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : MINN:31951D01984795V

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Guidelines Manual by United States Sentencing Commission Pdf

Author : J. Roberts
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137390395

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Exploring Sentencing Practice in England and Wales by J. Roberts Pdf

This volume explores the theory and practice of sentencing in England and Wales, exploring issues such as the role of previous convictions, offender remorse and sentencing female offenders, as well as drawing upon a new and unique source of data from the Crown courts.

Author : Andrew Ashworth,Martin Wasik
Publisher : Oxford Monographs on Criminal
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198262565

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Fundamentals of Sentencing Theory by Andrew Ashworth,Martin Wasik Pdf

The Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice series covers all aspects of criminal law and procedure including criminal evidence. The scope of the series is wide, encompassing both practical and theoretical works. This volume is a thematic collection of essays on sentencing theory by leading writers. The essays consider several issues affecting the discipline including the underlying justifications for the imposition of punishment by the State, areas of sentencing policy that have given rise to particular difficulty, such as the sentencing of drug offenders, the rationale for discounting sentences for multiple offenders, the existence of special sentencing for young offenders, and cases where the injury done to the victim is of a different magnitude from what might have been expected, and includes various questions about the unequal impact on offenders of different sentencing measures. This volume is dedicated to Professor Andrew von Hirsch, whose continuing work on sentencing theory provided the stimulus for the collection.

Author : Richard S. Frase,Julian V. Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190254001

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Paying for the Past by Richard S. Frase,Julian V. Roberts Pdf

All modern sentencing systems, in the US and beyond, consider the offender's prior record to be an important determinant of the form and severity of punishment for subsequent offences. Repeat offenders receive harsher punishments than first offenders, and offenders with longer criminal records are punished more severely than those with shorter records. Yet the vast literature on sentencing policy, law, and practice has generally overlooked the issue of prior convictions, even though this is the most important sentencing factor after the seriousness of the crime. In Paying for the Past, Richard S. Frase and Julian V. Roberts provide a critical and systematic examination of current prior record enhancements under sentencing guidelines across the US. Drawing on empirical data and analyses of guidelines from a number of jurisdictions, they illustrate different approaches to prior record enhancements and the differing outcomes of those approaches. Roberts and Frase demonstrate that most prior record enhancements generate a range of adverse outcomes at sentencing. Further, the pervasive justifications for prior record enhancement, such as the repeat offender's assumed higher risk of reoffending or greater culpability, are uncertain and have rarely been subjected to critical appraisal. The punitive sentencing premiums for repeat offenders prescribed by US guidelines cannot be justified on grounds of prevention or retribution. Shining a light on a neglected but critically important topic, Paying for the Past examines the costs of prior record enhancements for repeat offenders and offers model guidelines to help reduce racial disparities and reallocate criminal justice resources for jurisdictions who use sentence enhancements.

Author : Austin Lovegrove
Publisher : National Gallery of Australia
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Recidivists
ISBN : 0642538492

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Sentencing the Multiple Offender by Austin Lovegrove Pdf

This study examines the approach of Victorian judges to the determination of sentencing for an offender convicted of multiple offences. Justice in sentencing requires fair, coherent and openly stated policies, and their consistent application in sentencing judgments. What is offered here is a description of current practices, as well as the legal principles underpinning them. Given that a substantial percentage of criminal cases involve a multiple offender and that the majority of offences are committed by repeat offenders, the sentencing of such offenders is a matter of significant public policy interest. The empirical work undertaken in this study indicates that there is a need to develop a more detailed and comprehensive set of sentencing principles and an associated numerical framework for guidance.

Author : Andreas von Hirsch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509902675

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Deserved Criminal Sentences by Andreas von Hirsch Pdf

This book provides an accessible and systematic restatement of the desert model for criminal sentencing by one of its leading academic exponents. The desert model emphasises the degree of seriousness of the offender's crime in deciding the severity of his punishment, and has become increasingly influential in recent penal practice and scholarly debate. It explains why sentences should be based principally on crime-seriousness, and addresses, among other topics, how a desert-based penalty scheme can be constructed; how to gauge punishments' seriousness and penalties' severity; what weight should be given to an offender's previous convictions; how non-custodial sentences should be scaled; and what leeway there might be for taking other factors into account, such as an offender's need for treatment. The volume will be of interest to all those working in penal theory and practice, criminal sentencing and the criminal law more generally.

Author : Julian V Roberts,Andreas von Hirsch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782256069

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Previous Convictions at Sentencing by Julian V Roberts,Andreas von Hirsch Pdf

This latest volume in the Penal Theory and Penal Ethics series addresses one of the oldestquestions in the field of criminal sentencing: should an offender's previous convictions affect the sentence? Although there is an extensive literature on the definition and use of criminal history information, the emphasis here is on the theoretical and normative aspects of considering previous convictions at sentencing. Several authors explore the theory underlying the practice of mitigating the punishments for first offenders, while others put forth arguments for enhancing sentences for recidivists.

Author : Alison Burke,David Carter,Brian Fedorek,Tiffany Morey,Lore Rutz-Burri,Shanell Sanchez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636350682

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SOU-CCJ230 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System by Alison Burke,David Carter,Brian Fedorek,Tiffany Morey,Lore Rutz-Burri,Shanell Sanchez Pdf

Author : Frederic Block
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06
Category : Judges
ISBN : 164105381X

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Crimes and Punishments by Frederic Block Pdf

Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing Judge provides a cross-section of different crimes for which Judge Frederic Block sentenced a convicted criminal.

Author : Andrew Ashworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139486743

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Sentencing and Criminal Justice by Andrew Ashworth Pdf

Andrew Ashworth expertly examines the key issues in English sentencing policy and practice including the mechanisms for producing sentencing guidelines. He considers the most high-profile stages in the criminal justice process such as the Court of Appeal's approach to the custody threshold, the framework for the sentencing of young offenders and the abiding problems of previous convictions in sentencing. Taking into account the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the book's inter-disciplinary approach places the legislation and guidelines on sentencing in the context of criminological research, statistical trends and theories of punishment. By examining the law in relation to elements of the wider criminal justice system, including the prison and probation services, students gain a rounded perspective on the relevant principles and problems of sentencing and criminal justice.

Author : Allan Manson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062951723

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The Law of Sentencing by Allan Manson Pdf

The book includes a postscript on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R v. Latimer."--Pub. desc.

Author : Ross Gordon Green
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781895830545

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Justice in Aboriginal Communities by Ross Gordon Green Pdf

Canada's criminal justice system has had a troubled relationship with Aboriginal people. This discord can be seen in disproportionally high rates of incarceration and in the limited recognition given by the conventional system to the needs and values of Aboriginal communities. To compound matters, many remote communities are served by fly-in circuit courts, which visit the communities once a month, pronounce judgement on the cases presented to them, and then leave. Ross Green looks at the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice system and the values upon which it is based. He then contrasts those values with Aboriginal concepts of justice. Against this backdrop, he introduces sentencing and mediation alternatives currently being developed in Aboriginal communities, including sentencing circles, elder and community sentencing panels, sentence advisory committees, and community mediation projects. At the heart of the book are case studies of northern communities, which Green uses to analyse the successes of and challenges to the innovative approaches to sentencing currently evolving in Aboriginal communities across the country. He concludes with a discussion of the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system can facilitate or obstruct such innovations. This book is based on the author's scholarly research; field trips to the communities profiled; interviews with judges, prosecutors, community leaders, and participants in sentencing circles, sentencing panels, and mediation committees; and the author's personal experiences as a defence lawyer in northeastern Saskatchewan. This book is aimed at those concerned with criminal justice as well as practicing lawyers.