Symposium: Evidence-Based Sentencing: The New Frontier in Sentencing Policy and Practice
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Jul. 16, 2009
ANNOTATION:
The perspectives of prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys regarding evidence-based sentencing and considerations regarding risk and needs assessments are discussed. Contents of this inaugural issue are: “Evidence-Based Sentencing: The Science of Sentencing Policy and Practice” by Richard E. Redding; “One Size Does Not Fit All” by Bonnie M. Dumanis; “Prosecutors and Evidence-Based Sentencing: Rewards, Risks, and Responsibilities” by Steven L. Chanenson; “Legal and Practical Implications of Evidence-Based Sentencing by Judges” by Margareth Etienne; “Conversations on Evidence-Based Sentencing” by Michael H. Marcus; “Risk Assessment in Evidence-Based Sentencing: Context and Promising Uses” by Kirk Heilbrun; “Evidence-Based Assessment of Risk for Sexual Violence” by Stephen Hart; “Evidence-Based Sentencing for Drug Offenders: An Analysis of Prognostic Risks and Criminogenic Needs” by Douglas B. Marlowe; “The Pennsylvania Experience: You Need a Toolbox to Build a Roadmap” by Mark H. Bergstrom; “The Expansion of Allowable Impeachment: Admission of Juvenile Priors, Misdemeanor Convictions, and Good Faith Cross Examination by Prosecutors” by Kerry Blackburn; and “A Wrong Makes a Right: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing in Domestic Violence Prosecutions after Giles v. California” by Erin McGill.