Does inter-judge disparity justify empirically based sentencing guidelines?

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-304

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040081609     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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