Research on criminal justice organizations: the sentencing process |
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Contents
Section | 1 |
ISSUES IN RESEARCH ON SENTENCING PROSECUTION AND ARREST | 22 |
SELECTING A RESEARCH TOPIC | 36 |
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aim of sentenc analysis arrest attitudes behavior BERNARD COHEN cohort commitment sentences conducting research consequences of sentencing court crime criminal justice organizations criminal justice system deal decisionmaking process definite sentence determine discretion disparity in sentencing effects evaluation studies example factors felony findings follow-up goals guidelines Hogarth host agency hypotheses hypothesis development impact important indeterminate sentence individual interview issues judges judicial decisionmaking limited magistrates major mandatory sentence Martinson milieu therapy minimum-maximum official operational outcome measures parole board penal and treatment percent plea bargaining police position practitioners prison probation problems procedures prosecution prosecutors psychotherapy R&D-funding agencies Rand Corporation recidivism rehabilitation release research design research on criminal research study research topic sample selected Sentencing councils sentencing decision sentencing process sentencing system social specific subjects tencing theory tion treatment programs type of commitment types of offenders utilized variables