Conceptions and representations of the sentencing decision process [PDF]
, 1997 This article attempts to reflect on the success of attempts by academic research to understand and explain the sentencing decision process. It identifies conventional themes in the conception and representation of that decision process and argues that ...
Tata, Cyrus
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The sentencing of offences involving domestic abuse in Scotland
, 2022 This review is intended to provide a coherent overview of the sentencing of offences involving domestic abuse in Scotland. This review follows a period of intense legal and policy change and occurs at the time when then Scottish Sentencing Council is ...
Gormley, Jay +2 more
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Sentencing as craftwork and the binary epistemologies of the discretionary decision process [PDF]
, 2007 This article contends that it is time to take a critical look at a series of binary categories which have dominated the scholarly and reform epistemologies of the sentencing decision process.
Tata, Cyrus
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Empirical Descriptions of Criminal Sentencing Decision-Making
Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2014 The article addresses the widespread use of statistical causal modelling to describe criminal sentencing decision-making empirically in Scandinavia. The article describes the characteristics of this model, and on this basis discusses three aspects of ...
Rasmus H. Wandall
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The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Solving Unsolved Criminal Cases and Sentencing in Malaysia
Asian Journal of Law and Policy, 2023 As humans, it is common for judges to give wrong verdicts when making decisions, especially in criminal cases. As such, those who feel that they have been wronged by the courts will thus appeal against the decisions.
Pei Yee Tan
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Big Data, Behavioral Genetics and Risk of Future Offending
Law, Technology and Humans, 2023 A convergence of trends in assessing the future risk of reoffending could result in morally questionable inputs into the criminal process. Advances in the analysis of DNA and increases in the availability of information about people gleaned from social ...
Armin Alimardani +2 more
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences of Imprisonment: Exploring the Consequences for the Sentencing Process
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2001 In this article, the author discusses the nature and consequences of the mandatory sentences of imprisonment created by Bill C-63 in 1995. These mandatory sentences constitute the most comprehensive collection of mandatory minima in Canadian history, and
Julian V. Roberts
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Analysis of the Difficulties in Balancing Judicial Practice and Sentencing from the Perspective of the Broad System for Admitting Guilty and Punishing Duty Crimes [PDF]
SHS Web of ConferencesThe implementation of the leniency system for confessing and accepting punishment for jobrelated crimes plays an important role in improving judicial efficiency and saving judicial resources, but it also exposes the problem of difficulty in achieving ...
Wang Yanlin
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The Impact of Remote Hearing Policies on Racial Equity in Criminal Case Outcomes During the Pandemic
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2023 The criminal justice system confronted unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, court systems nationwide quickly instituted policies to enable criminal cases to proceed while protecting public health.
Heather M. Harris
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