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O'Hear, Michael M. - 2013

Despite the Supreme Court's 2005 decision in United States v. Booker, which enhanced the power of district court judges to sentence defendants below the range prescribed by the federal sentencing guidelines, the great majority of federal sentences continue to follow the guidelines'...

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Economic Criteria for Criminalization : Why Do We Need the Criminal Law?

Svatikova, Katarina - 2009

other legal alternatives. By not exclusively focusing on the distinction between tort and crime, but also on the use of …

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A Note on Optimal Sentencing with Recurring Crime and Adjudication Errors

Guerra, Alice; Nilssen, Tore - 2021

We analyze optimal sentence length for recurring crimes in the face of adjudication errors. We develop an infinite-horizon model where offenders are habitual---they repeat crimes whenever free. If apprehended, criminals may be wrongfully acquitted. Similarly, innocent persons may be apprehended...

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Neoliberalism, Crime and Criminal Justice

O'Malley, Pat - 2016

. Neoliberalism's place ranges from the core of neo-Marxist visions of a systematic global crime control program, through its place as … ‘neoliberal' regimes' stances on crime control. There are often tenuous and very variable connections made between neoliberal … politics and crime policies. The necessary interplay of neoliberalism with other factors (other political rationalities …

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Economic Criminal Acts According to Criminal Code of Republic of Kosovo

Ukaj, Bajram - 2017

different from regional countries. The inefficient fight and prevention of organized crime and corruption in the period between …

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'Loss' Revisited : A Guarded Defense of the Centerpiece of the Federal Economic Crime Sentencing Guideline

Bowman III, Frank O. - 2017

crimes, Section 2B1.1. It notes the common criticism that "loss" plays too large a role in federal economic crime sentencing …

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Towards a Harmonization of Insider Trading Criminal Law at EU Level?

Faure, Michael G. - 2015

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Unbundling Criminal Trial Rights

Rappaport, John - 2015

The notion that criminal defendants are put to an all-or-nothing choice between the guilty plea and full-blown jury trial is both pervasive and wrong. Defendants can, and sometimes do, “unbundle” their jury-trial rights and trade them piecemeal, consenting to streamlined trial procedures to...

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The Challenges of Autonomous Motor Vehicles for Queensland Road and Criminal Laws

Tranter, Kieran Mark - 2016

This article examines the challenges of autonomous motor vehicles for Queensland road and criminal laws. Autonomous vehicles refer to motor vehicles where driver decision making has been augmented or replaced by intelligent systems. Proponents of autonomous vehicles argue that they will...

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Every Moment Counts : The Legal Value of Time in Canadian Criminal Law and Procedure

Khoday, Amar - 2021

is fundamental to sentencing, in addition to determining significant issues such as the scope of criminal liability for …

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