Ch 4
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Transcript of Ch 4
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Chapter 4Sentencing
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Sentencing:
-court imposed penalty
-convicted of a crime
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Sentencing policies:
-complex
-fines, community service, probation, incarceration
-no typical punishment
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SENTENCING STRUCTURES:
Determinate: -specific and fixed penalties
Indeterminate:-officials other than judges decide release
“truth in sentencing”
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Indeterminate sentencing:
-rehabilitation/behavior change
-disparity
-statutory penalties
-statutory maximums
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Criticisms:
-individualized sentences were unfair
-poverty
-discrimination
-really rehabilitated
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Determinate sentencing:
-political debate
-fixed term
-release % of sentence served
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SENTENCING PRACTICES:
-indeterminate v. determinate
-just deserts
-collective incapacitation (Ch 2)
-aggravating/mitigating circumstances
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SENTENCING GUIDELINES:
-predefined sentence length
-crime severity/offender history
-judge depart
-voluntary
-presumptive
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Sentencing commissions
-sentences in advance
-appointed
-diverse group
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http://www.ussc.gov/Guidelines/2011_Guidelines/Manual_PDF/Sentencing_Table.pdf
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Presentence report:
-aggravatinggreater sufferingmore vulnerableleadership role
-mitigatingreduced culpability
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Federal Sentencing guidelines: -not consider certain factors
-36 % cases departed
-which way you think up or down?
“substantial assistance ”
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Mandatory sentencing: some crimes/offenders-3rd strike
-weapons
-DUI
-overcrowding
-costs
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Pre-sentence Investigation : PSI
-multiple sources
-victim impact statement
-complete offender history
-judges follow as high as 91%
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Reducing prison time:
-pre-trial jail time
-good time
-parole
-early release
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Concurrent Sentence:-multiple sentences served together
Consecutive Sentence:-multiple sentences served individually