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- Title
A View from the Field: Practitioners' Response to Actuarial Sentencing: An "Unsettled" Proposition.
- Authors
KERN, RICHARD P.; BERGSTRO, MARK H.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the use of actuarial risk data in criminal sentencing in Virginia. Topics include the sentencing guidelines for criminal offenders in Virginia, the enhancement of public safety, and judicial discretion when determining appropriate sentences. Information is provided on the use of formal risk assessment in sentencing.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; CRIMINAL sentencing; CRIMINAL judgments; CORRECTIONAL law; STATUTORY interpretation; RISK assessment; JUDICIAL discretion
- Publication
Federal Sentencing Reporter, 2013, Vol 25, Issue 3, p185
- ISSN
1053-9867
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1525/fsr.2013.25.3.185