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Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Austin Lovegrove

    1. Criminology Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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Part of the book series: Research in Criminology (RESEARCH CRIM.)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. A Perspective for a Quantitative Approach to Sentencing Policy and Guidance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Task of Describing Sentencing Policy Quantitatively

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 3-30

    3. Approaches to the Development of Detailed Sentencing Statistics and Numerical Guidelines

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 31-53

    4. Toward a Model of Judicial Decision Making: An Unproductive Review of Psychological Research

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 54-70

  3. An Archival Study of a Legal Model of Judicial Decision Making in Sentencing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. A Legal Model of Judicial Decision Making

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 73-92

    3. The Data Base and Data Collection

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      Pages 93-100

    4. Offense Characteristics of Burglary

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 101-109

    5. The Relationship Between Offense Characteristics of Burglary and Sentence

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      Pages 110-117

    6. Offender Characteristics and Prior Convictions in Cases of Burglary

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 118-134

    7. The Relationship Between Offender Characteristics of Burglary and Sentence

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 135-142

    8. The Relationship Between Case (Offense and Offender) Characteristics of Burglary and Sentence

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      Pages 143-153

    9. Toward Detailed Sentencing Statistics

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 154-174

  4. Sentencing Policy and Numerical Guidance as a Deliberative Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Judicial Input Into the Model of Sentencing

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 177-189

    3. The Validity of the Technique of Fictitious Cases

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      Pages 190-209

    4. Multiattribute Utility Measurement and the Model of Judicial Decision Making

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      Pages 210-228

    5. Scaling of Seriousness and Assessment of Weights for Offense Factors of Burglary

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      Pages 229-252

    6. Coherence and the Tariff

      • Austin Lovegrove
      Pages 253-279
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About this book

This book describes an original, empirical study of judicial decision making. The process of determining sentences is a difficult one for judges and often unnecessarily intuitive, subjective, and complex. The present study introduces a conceptual outline and empirical technique for increasing the precision of sentencing policy, thus offering an aid to judges who sentence in the light of this policy. The primary purpose of this model of judicial decision making is to provide a framework for scaling the seriousness of any single case in relation to the facts of that case and for relating this assessment to the appropriate quantum of sentence. The validity of the model is tested and cross-validated in an archival study. This innovative research serves as an important prototype for a system of numerical guidance to judges and sentencers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Criminology Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Austin Lovegrove

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Judicial Decision Making, Sentencing Policy, and Numerical Guidance

  • Authors: Austin Lovegrove

  • Series Title: Research in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7080-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96764-6Due: 28 November 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7082-6Published: 06 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7080-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 320

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

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