Borderline sentencing: A comparison of sentencers' decision making in England and Wales, and Scotland

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-267

  Millie, Andrew ^a   Tombs, Jacqueline ^b   Hough, Mike ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderline cases; England and Wales; Scotland; Sentencers; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547173669     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895807078866     Document Type: Article

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