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The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing (Research in Criminology)
The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing - Research in Criminology Author:Martha A. Myers, Susette M. Talarico Criminal punishment today also considers the social contexts of the criminal. The book traces changes in both legislation and sentencing patterns over a 9-year period and explores the extent to which county, court and temporal contexts affect both the sentences offenders receive and the rules judges use to inform their sentencing decisions.