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Sentencing Beyond Our Borders, Steven Chanenson Mar 2010

Sentencing Beyond Our Borders, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Determination Of Starting Sentences In Israel—System And Application, Oren Gazal-Ayal, Ruth Kannai Dec 2009

Determination Of Starting Sentences In Israel—System And Application, Oren Gazal-Ayal, Ruth Kannai

Oren Gazal-Ayal

The Israeli Penal Law Bill (Amendment No. 92, Structuring Judicial Discretion in Sentencing) 5766-2006 proposes that a committee be set up to establish sentences that will serve as starting points for judges in their sentencing deliberation (starting sentences). The Israeli Minister of Justice asked the authors to propose starting sentences for three prevalent serious offences in order to show the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) the methodology of determining such starting sentences and to help facilitate the debate about the consequences of these new guidelines. The ministers intended the Knesset to legislate these proposed starting sentences in the appendix to the …


Shaping Modern Sentencing: Three Giants, Steven Chanenson, Mark Miller Mar 2009

Shaping Modern Sentencing: Three Giants, Steven Chanenson, Mark Miller

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


The Next Era Of Sentencing Reform ... Revisited, Steven Chanenson, Mark Bergstrom, Frank Dermody, Jordan Hyatt Jan 2009

The Next Era Of Sentencing Reform ... Revisited, Steven Chanenson, Mark Bergstrom, Frank Dermody, Jordan Hyatt

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Revolution Or Evolution: Recent Developments In American Federal Criminal Sentencing, Steven L. Chanenson Dec 2008

Revolution Or Evolution: Recent Developments In American Federal Criminal Sentencing, Steven L. Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Statement Of Steven L. Chanenson Before The United States Sentencing Commission Regarding Retroactivity Of Crack Guidelines Amendments, Steven Chanenson Oct 2007

Statement Of Steven L. Chanenson Before The United States Sentencing Commission Regarding Retroactivity Of Crack Guidelines Amendments, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Federal Cocaine Sentencing In Transition, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman May 2007

Federal Cocaine Sentencing In Transition, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Can And Will Information Spur Post-Modern Setencing Reforms?, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman Mar 2007

Can And Will Information Spur Post-Modern Setencing Reforms?, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Plea Bargaining's Survival: Financial Crimes Plea Bargaining, A Continued Triumph In A Post-Enron World, Lucian E. Dervan Dec 2006

Plea Bargaining's Survival: Financial Crimes Plea Bargaining, A Continued Triumph In A Post-Enron World, Lucian E. Dervan

Lucian E Dervan

This article examines the war on financial crimes that began after the collapse of Enron in 2001. Although many believed that the reforms implemented following this scandal led to greater prosecutorial focus on financial crimes and longer prison sentences, an analysis of data from 1995 through 2006 reveals that little has actually changed. The statistics demonstrate that the government's focus on financial crimes has not increased and prison sentences for fraud have remained stagnant. How could this be the case? It is this author's hypothesis that although prosecutors could have chosen to use new statutes and amendments to the United …


Jamais Deux Sans Trois: Principes Régissant Les Effets De La Récidive Sur La Peine Et La Libération Conditionnelle Dans Les Codes Pénaux Européens (French), Sacha Raoult Dec 2006

Jamais Deux Sans Trois: Principes Régissant Les Effets De La Récidive Sur La Peine Et La Libération Conditionnelle Dans Les Codes Pénaux Européens (French), Sacha Raoult

Sacha Raoult

This paper examines the general principles that guide the classical treatment of an offender's dangerousness in the criminal codes of sixteen European countries. It provides a review of the way in which each penal code deals with both multiple offenders and the terms of parole. There is substantial variety in the legal definitions and effect of recidivism, with some very strict criteria in place in some states. The same various degree of arbitrariness and lack of clear standards apply to the terms of parole. Though arbitrariness in the administering of these legal categories is common throughout Europe, it can be …


Perjury Or Subornation Of Perjury; Bribery Of Witness: Model Sentencing Guidelines § 2j1, Steven Chanenson May 2006

Perjury Or Subornation Of Perjury; Bribery Of Witness: Model Sentencing Guidelines § 2j1, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Obstruction Of Justice: Model Sentencing Guidelines §2j2, Steven Chanenson May 2006

Obstruction Of Justice: Model Sentencing Guidelines §2j2, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Adult Punishment For Juvenile Offenders: Does It Reduce Crime?, Richard E. Redding Dec 2005

Adult Punishment For Juvenile Offenders: Does It Reduce Crime?, Richard E. Redding

Richard E. Redding

This chapter discusses the research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring juveniles for trial in adult criminal court, identifies gaps in our knowledge base that require further research, discusses the circumstances under which effective deterrence may be achieved, and examines whether there are effective alternatives for achieving deterrence other than adult sanctions for serious juvenile offenders. As a backdrop to this analysis, the chapter first examines the role of public opinion in shaping the get tough policies, and how policy makers have misunderstood and perceived support for these policies.


Reconciling The Booker Conflict: A Substantive Sixth Amendment In A Real Offense Sentencing System, Bertrall L. Ross Dec 2005

Reconciling The Booker Conflict: A Substantive Sixth Amendment In A Real Offense Sentencing System, Bertrall L. Ross

Bertrall L Ross

No abstract provided.


Booker On Crack: Sentencing’S Latest Gordian Knot, Steven L. Chanenson Dec 2005

Booker On Crack: Sentencing’S Latest Gordian Knot, Steven L. Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


Sentencing And Data: The Not-So-Odd-Couple, Steven Chanenson Sep 2003

Sentencing And Data: The Not-So-Odd-Couple, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.


I Fought The Law And The Law Won’: A Report On Women And Disparate Sentencing In South Dakota (With Chris Hutton, And Steve Feimer), Frank Pommersheim Dec 1988

I Fought The Law And The Law Won’: A Report On Women And Disparate Sentencing In South Dakota (With Chris Hutton, And Steve Feimer), Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

No abstract provided.


A Handbook On Sentencing, Brian Slattery Dec 1971

A Handbook On Sentencing, Brian Slattery

Brian Slattery

This book aims to show that sentencing, like any other area of the law, is governed by reasonably well-defined principles and rules. Although these rules are known to any experienced judge and are frequently invoked in judgments, they have never been organized into an explicit and coherent system and have suffered from this neglect. This book provides not only better access to the rules but also a logical framework within which they can be discussed and applied. While the work has specific application to Tanzania, it should be of use throughout East and Central Africa, whose nations have similar penal …