DETERMINATE SENTENCING GAVE CALIFORNIA THE OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT OFFENDERS WITH A GREATER CERTAINTY OF EXACT PUNISHMENT THAN WAS POSSIBLE WITH INDETERMINATE SENTENCING. THE RESULT HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STATE PRISON COMMITMENTS. CONTROVERSY OVER WHETHER THESE PRISON COMMITMENTS ARE INAPPROPRIATELY SHORT FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IS LEFT TO LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATION. DEATH PENALTIES, LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE, LIFE SENTENCES, PRISON FOR 25 YEARS TO LIFE, AND PRISON FOR 15 YEARS TO LIFE ARE SET BY JUDGES. OPERATIVE SECTIONS OF THE UNIFORM DETERMINATE SENTENCING ACT CONCERN CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING, ENHANCEMENTS, PROBATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, CREDIT, PAROLE, AND COMMUNITY RELEASE. THE COMPREHENSIVE SENTENCING MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO AID JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, CRIMINAL DEFENSE BAR MEMBERS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE DAILY CONTACT WITH SENTENCING CONSIDERATIONS. IT INCLUDES SENTENCING TABLES, A MENTALLY DISORDERED SEX OFFENDER SECTION, A PAROLE SECTION, A SUMMARY OF DETERMINATE SENTENCING, AND THE TEXT OF COMMUNITY RELEASE BOARD REGULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY INCORPORATED ARE JUDICIAL COUNCIL SENTENCING RULES AND ARTICLES FROM THE CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR JUDICIAL EDUCATION. CHARTS, WORKSHEETS, AND FORMS RELEVANT TO SENTENCING ARE PROVIDED. CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY PAROLE REGULATIONS, THE CALIFORNIA JUDGES BENCH GUIDE, INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT FORM, AND INFORMATION ON DETERMINATE SENTENCE PROBLEMS ARE APPENDED. AN INDEX IS INCLUDED.