Sentencing as a Human Process

✍ Scribed by John Hogarth

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sentencing is not a neutral or mechanical act; it is a human process, highly charged affectively and motivationally. Sentencing decisions take place in a social environment of laws, facts, ideas, and people. This study of sentencing behaviour is primarily concerned with the mental processes involved in decision-making

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contents
1. Introduction: The Problem of Sentencing
2. The Theoretical Basis to the Study
3. Jurisdiction, Appointment, and Tenure
4. Background Characteristics of Magistrates
5. Penal Philosophy: Similarities and Differences Among Magistrates
6. The Meaning of Judicial Attitudes
7. The Measurement of Judicial Attitudes
8. The Content and Structure of Attitudes to Crime and Punishment
9. The Prediction of Sentencing Behaviour from Attitude Scales
10. Legal Constraints on Sentencing
11. Social Constraints on Sentencing
12. The Impact of SocioLegal Constraints on Sentencing
13. The Relationship of Social Characteristics to Attitudes and Beliefs
14. The Search for Information
15. Communication of Information
16. The Assessment of Information
17. The Organization and Integration of Information
18. The Complexity of Thought Processes in Sentencing
19. The Prediction of Sentencing Behaviour from Fact Patterns Perceived by Magistrates
20. Towards a Model of Sentencing Behaviour
21. Summary of Principal Findings
An Afterword. Implications for the Improvement of Sentencing
Bibliography
Index