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Determinate sentencing : reform or regression? Proceedings.

, 1978
"Executive training program in advanced criminal justice practices."On cover: "Special conference ... summary report."Conference "was organized by the University Research Corporation of Washington, D.C., under Contract No. J-LEAA-022-76," awarded by LEAA.
Special Conference on Determinate Sentencing (1977 : Berkeley)
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Rates of recidivism among offenders referred to Forum Sentencing [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: To determine whether the NSW Forum Sentencing program is more effective than the conventional sentencing process in reducing recidivism.Method: Offenders referred to Forum Sentencing in 2011 were matched with offenders who were ‘eligible’ for Forum ...
Suzanne Poynton
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¿Hacemos sentencing?

InDret
Los trabajos que usan la sentencia como fuente de datos de análisis cuantitativo y empírico son numerosos en el ámbito internacional y limitados en España, especialmente los estudios de sentencing, pese a su potencial para comprender el funcionamiento ...
Isabel García Domínguez, Fernando Miró Llinares   +1 more
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Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance regarding racial disparities in the United States criminal justice system

, 2018
The United States criminal justice system is the largest in the world. At yearend 2015, over 6.7 million individuals were under some form of correctional control in the United States, including 2.2 million incarcerated in federal, state, or local prisons
Sentencing Project
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Incarcerated women and girls

, 2019
Over the past quarter century, there has been a profound change in the involvement of women within the criminal justice system. This is the result of more expansive law enforcement efforts, stiffer drug sentencing laws, and post-conviction barriers to ...
Sentencing Project
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The prosecution of environmental offences in New Zealand

, 2008
This paper will examine the background law regarding environmental offences under the Resource Management Act 1991 (NZ), prosecution trends, sentencing for RMA offences (including principles of sentencing, sentencing discretion, legislative guidance ...
Daya-Winterbottom, Trevor
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Guilty pleas in the higher courts: rates, timing, and discounts

, 2015
Most people sentenced in the County Court and the Supreme Court of Victoria plead guilty, and their guilty plea results in a reduced sentence, according to this report.
Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council
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Trends in U.S. corrections

, 2019
The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons and jails — a 500% increase over the last forty years.
Sentencing Project
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One year after the First Step Act: Mixed outcomes

, 2019
Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act one year ago on December 21, 2018, to limit mandatory minimums for low-level drug offenses, provide retroactive sentence reductions to people imprisoned under the 100 to 1 crack cocaine
Sentencing Project
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Reoffending following sentence in Victoria: a statistical overview

, 2015
Examines reoffending patterns for 63,366 people sentenced in Victorian criminal courts between July 2004 and June 2014. Summary Reducing reoffending following the imposition of a sentence is one of the primary aims of sentencing and of the criminal ...
Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council
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