Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-277) and index.
1. Judicial decision making and sentencing policy: continuation of a study -- 2. A sentencing decision model: single and multiple similar counts -- 3. A sentencing decision model: multiple disparate counts -- 4. Testing the decision model for multiple disparate counts -- 5. The techniques of data collection -- 6. Judges' thoughts on sentencing the multiple offender -- 7. An alternative sentencing decision model for the multiple offender -- 8. Validity and development of the alternative decision model: the data collection -- 9. Towards a requisite decision model for sentencing the multiple offender -- 10. The armature of judicial sentencing -- App. 1. Case 37 from Sentencing Research Exercise -- Part 3B.
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Examines the sentencing of offenders appearing on multiple offences and how judges having fixed a prison sentence for each offence, determines an overall sentence for each offender. Offers a model of judicial sentencing in the form of a decision strategy comprising working rules deduced from the given responses of judges as they attempt to apply sentencing law and a numerical guideline in the form of an algebraic model quantifying the application of the working rules.
Judicial discretion-- Great Britain.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)-- Great Britain-- Decision making.
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Judicial discretion-- Great Britain.
Judicial discretion.
Pouvoir discrétionnaire des juges-- Grande-Bretagne.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)-- Decision making.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)-- Great Britain-- Decision making.
Sentences (Procédure pénale)-- Grande-Bretagne-- Décision, prise de.