Fifteen Years of Guideline Sentencing : An Assessment of How Well the Federal Criminal Justice System Is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing Reform

In order to inject transparency, consistency, & fairness into the sentencing process, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA), which established the U.S. Sentencing Commission & charged it with establishing guideline for federal sentencing. This report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission focuses on three specific assessments: (1) the guidelines' impact on the transparency, certainty, & severity of punishment; (2) the impact of the guidelines on pre-sentencing, inter-judge, & regional disparity; & (3) research on racial, ethnic, & gender disparities in sentencing today. Charts & tables.Hinojosa, Ricardo H. is the author of 'Fifteen Years of Guideline Sentencing : An Assessment of How Well the Federal Criminal Justice System Is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing Reform', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756747879 and ISBN 0756747872.