Contextual disparities in guidelines departures: Courtroom social contexts, guidelines compliance, and extralegal disparities in criminal sentencing

Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 761-796

  Johnson, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual disparities in sentencing; Courtroom social contexts; Judicial departures; Sentencing guidelines compliance; Theoretical perspectives on courtroom decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144439046     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-1348.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Review

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