Location, Location, Location: The Impact of Guideline Grid Location on the Value of Sentencing Enhancements

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 222-238

  Bushway, Shawn D ^a   Piehl, Anne Morrison ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867664923     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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