9 Can Guidelines Change Sentencing Practices?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1 Understanding Sentencing 1
6. 2 Constructing Pennsylvania’s Sentencing Guidelines 13
7. 3 Pennsylvania’s Commission Meets New Challenges 41
8. 4 Sentencing Serious Violent Offenders 65
9. 5 Racial, Ethnic, Gender, and Age Disparity 89
10. 6 Location Matters: Variation Between Counties 117
11. 7 Guilty Pleas vs. Trial Convictions: Unwarranted Disparity? 139
12. 8 Guidelines and Mandatory Minimums 167
13. 9 Can Guidelines Change Sentencing Practices? 193
14. 10 Lessons from Pennsylvania’s Struggle for Justice 217
15. Research Methods Appendix 235
16. References 251
17. Index 263
18. About the Book 273