Current Issue

Volume 76 March 2013 Number 1

A Global Perspective on Sentencing Reforms

Foreword

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Articles

Sentencing Guidelines in England and Wales: Recent Developments and Emerging Issues

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Lessons From Two Failures: Sentencing for Cocaine and Child Pornography Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in the United States

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Federal White Collar Sentencing in the United States: A Work in Progress

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The Effects of the Offender’s Race, Ethnicity, and Sex on Federal Sentencing Outcomes in the Guidelines Era

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Principles, Pragmatism, and Politics: The Evolution of Washington State’s Sentencing Guidelines

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Do Sentencing Guidelines Increase Prosecutorial Power? An Empirical Study

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Determinate Sentencing and American Exceptionalism: The Underpinnings and Effects of Cross-National Differences in the Regulation of Sentencing Discretion

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Moderate and Non-Arbitrary Sentencing Without Guidelines: The German Experience

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Sentencing in Germany: Explaining Long-Term Stability in the Structure of Criminal Sanctions And Sentencing

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Is Sentencing Reform a Lost Cause? A Historical Perspective on Conceptual Problems in Sentencing Research

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Pursuing Consistency in an Individualistic Sentencing Framework: If You Know Where You’re Going, How Do You Know When You’ve Got There?

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Sentencing Guidelines in England and Wales: Missed Opportunities?

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