The myth of judicial leniency in sentenc
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Shari Seidman Diamond; Loretta J. Stalans
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Opinion polls report that the pubic is increasingly critical of perceived judicini leniency in sentencing. To eXamille the degree and pattern of judicial leniency, Illinois judges and laypersons were asked to impose sentences on the same offenders. Contrary to the myth of judicial leniency, the .sen