The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Implications for Criminal Justice.

Abstract

Preface The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: An Overview The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines in Perspective: A Theoretical Background and Overview by Kay A. Knapp, and Denis J. Hauptly Law Enforcement The United States Sentencing Guidelines and Police Officer Discretion by W. Clinton Terry Potential Deterrent Effects of the Guidelines by Steven P. Lab The Courts The Selling of the Sentencing Guidelines: Some Correspondence with the U.S. Sentencing Commission by Albert W. Alschuler Presecutorial and Judicial Discretion by Ellen Hochstedler Steury Case Processing and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines by Lynne Goodstein and John H. Kramer Critical Perspectives on Selective Incapacitation and the Prediction of Dangerousness by James G. Fox Corrections Diversion and Probation by Franklin H. Marshall The Impact of Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Community Corrections and Privatization by Deborah G. Wilson The Impact of Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Jail and Prison Overcrowding and Early Release by G. Larry Mays Inmate Litigation Trends and Constitutional Issues by John W. Palmer Federal Sentencing Reform in Light of Incapacitation and Recidivism by William G. Doerner, and Benjamin S. Wright The Guidelines in Retrospect The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Summary of Selected Problems and Prospects by Dean J. Champion Appendix A: Statutory Mission of U.S. Sentencing Commission Appendix B: The Sentencing Table Appendix C: U.S. Sentencing Commission Establishment and Purposes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index Case Index