Predictive sentencing : normative and empirical perspectives /

Predictive sentencing : normative and empirical perspectives /

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Imprint:	Oxford, UK ; New York : Hart Publishing, 2019. ©2019
Description:	x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sentences (Criminal procedure) LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11914945

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Other authors / contributors:	Keijser, Jan Willem de, 1968- editor. Roberts, Julian V., editor. Ryberg, Jesper, editor.
ISBN:	9781509921416 1509921419
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The volume addresses the role of risk assessment in contemporary sentencing practices. Predictive sentencing has become so deeply ingrained in Western criminal justice decision making that despite early ethical discussions about selective incapacitation, it currently attracts little critique. Nor has it been subjected to a thorough normative and empirical scrutiny. This is problematic since much current policy and practice concerning risk predictions is inconsistent with mainstream theories of punishment. Moreover, predictive sentencing exacerbates discrimination and disparity in sentencing. Although structured risk assessments may have replaced 'gut feelings', and have now been systematically implemented in western justice systems, the fundamental issues and questions that surround the use of risk assessment instruments at sentencing remain unresolved. This volume critically evaluates these issues and will be of great interest to scholars of criminal justice and criminology working in the area"--

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