Empirical Research on the Fairness of Sentencing

Author: Zhao Tingguang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Introduction: Sentencing refers to the criminal procedure activity of rationally evaluating the influence of various sentencing circumstances on the severity of punishment under the premise of correct conviction, in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law regarding aggravating, mitigating, reducing, or exempting punishment. Based on this evaluation, it determines whether to impose punishment, what kind of punishment, the degree of punishment, whether the imposed punishment should be executed immediately, and how it should be executed within or below the legally stipulated penalty range. This book studies the empirical issues of sentencing fairness, including: basic theories and methods for achieving sentencing fairness, related papers, related documents, and related charts.