Extralegal punishment factors: A study of forgiveness, hardship, good deeds, apology, remorse, and other such discretionary factors in assessing criminal punishment

Vanderbilt Law Review

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 737-826

  Robinson, Paul H ^a   Jackowitz, Sean E ^b   Bartels, Daniel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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