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Strategic Judging under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines : Positive Political Theory and Evidence
Schanzenbach, Max M. - 2010
We present a positive political theory of criminal sentencing and test it using data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, judges can use offense-level adjustments (fact-based decision making) to lengthen or shorten the Guidelines' presumptive sentences....
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A test of racial bias in capital sentencing
Alesina, Alberto; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2011
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Do Sentencing Guidelines Raise the Cost of Punishment?
Meade, José; Waldfogel, Joel - 2022
from substituting" fines for prison terms may raise the cost of imposing punishment. The objective of this paper is" to … Guidelines. We find evidence that the guidelines raise the cost of" punishment by nearly 5 percent of the total imprisonment cost …
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The Paradox of Punishment : Reflections on the Economics of Criminal Justice
Miceli, Thomas J. - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
1. Prologue: The Paradox of Punishment -- 2. The Social Cost of Crime: Deterrence -- 3. Crime as Exchange: Retribution … a Village -- 8. The Limits of Punishment: Of Angels and Bad Men -- 9: Epilogue: What Have We Learned? … punishment. Finally, the book argues that, in addition to the threat of criminal sanctions, law inculcates principles of …
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Criminal Sentencing in Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania
Bodenhorn, Howard - 2008
How law is interpreted and enforced at a particular historical moment reflects contemporary social concerns and prejudices. This paper investigates the nature of criminal sentencing in mid-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania. It finds that extralegal factors, namely place of conviction and several...
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Unequal Jury Representation and Its Consequences
Anwar, Shamena; Bayer, Patrick J.; Hjalmarsson, Randi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We analyze the extent and consequences of unequal representation on juries in Harris County, Texas. We first document that residents from predominantly white and high-income neighborhoods are substantially over-represented on juries. Using quasi-random variation in those called for jury duty...
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Judge peer effects in the courthouse
Eren, Ozkan; Mocan, Naci - 2020
Although there exists a large literature analyzing whether an individual's peers have an impact on that individual's own behavior and subsequent outcomes, there is paucity of research on whether peers influence a person's decisions and judgments regarding a third party. We investigate whether...
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Letters on capital punishments : addressed to the English judges
Wright, Richard - 1807
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Jury discrimination in criminal trials
Anwar, Shamena; Bayer, Patrick J.; Hjalmarsson, Randi - 2010
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