NCJ Number
112928
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1988) Pages: 255-263
Date Published
1988
Length
9 pages
Annotation
The research described in this article is concerned with the relationship among magistrates' social background characteristics, their sentencing objectives, and their application of sentencing principles.
Abstract
The study was aimed at increasing understanding of the extent of the human element in sentencing behavior. The empirical results support the view that no particular precedence should be accorded to social background variables in explaining sentencing behavior but it is the interrelationship of all significant variables that remains of crucial importance. (Publisher abstract)