Download or read book Guidelines Manual written by United States Sentencing Commission and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Defendant s Guide to Defense written by Charlie Roadman and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North Carolina Sentencing Handbook with Felony Misdemeanor and DWI Sentencing Grids 2018 written by James M. Markham and published by Unc School of Government. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a step-by-step guide to the sentencing of felonies, misdemeanors, and impaired driving in North Carolina. It includes the felony and misdemeanor sentencing grids that apply under Structured Sentencing and a table showing the different sentencing levels for DWI. The book also includes materials on diversion programs (deferred prosecution and conditional discharge), probation supervision, fines and fees, and sex offender registration.

Download or read book Catch em Early Before They Get Caught Up written by Corinice Lynn Cephus-Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Deserved Criminal Sentences written by Andreas von Hirsch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible and systematic restatement of the desert model for criminal sentencing by one of its leading academic exponents. The desert model emphasises the degree of seriousness of the offender's crime in deciding the severity of his punishment, and has become increasingly influential in recent penal practice and scholarly debate. It explains why sentences should be based principally on crime-seriousness, and addresses, among other topics, how a desert-based penalty scheme can be constructed; how to gauge punishments' seriousness and penalties' severity; what weight should be given to an offender's previous convictions; how non-custodial sentences should be scaled; and what leeway there might be for taking other factors into account, such as an offender's need for treatment. The volume will be of interest to all those working in penal theory and practice, criminal sentencing and the criminal law more generally.

Download or read book Sanctioning First Time Convicted Felony Offenders in the Community written by Tom Reed and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ohio DUI OVI Guide written by Shawn Dominy and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody anticipates being charged with DUI (called 'OVI' in Ohio). When it happens, people have a lot of questions. This guide is designed to answer those questions. If you have been charged with OVI in Ohio, the first thing you should do is educate yourself about OVI cases and OVI lawyers. This guide is a great way to do that.By reading this book, you will have the information you need before going to court. You will learn what the prosecution must prove for an OVI conviction and the possible defenses to OVI. You will also learn the consequences of an OVI conviction. You will become familiar with the evidence in OVI cases, and you will know what to expect in the court process.You will also receive the information you need before making decisions about your OVI case. This guide provides a framework to help you decide if you are going to fight the OVI and whether you want a lawyer. If you choose to hire a lawyer, this guide contains resources for researching lawyers, criteria to evaluate their qualifications, and questions to ask when you speak with them.With this valuable information, you will be equipped to make well-informed decisions about how to handle your OVI case.

Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Download or read book Sentencing Corrections written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Turning Point written by Robert L Jamison, PhD and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-14 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us learn from the mistakes that we have made in life, and in doing so there are those of us who will turn those negatives into a positive, by not allowing obstacles to deter us from moving forward. Although it can often be discouraging, do not allow having a felony on your record to cause you to continually fail because it is not the end of the world. There are many convicted felons who have made a choice to better themselves and their situations by either furthering their education or starting their own businesses, some even do both. "The man who views the world at 50 the sae as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."--Muhammad Ali.

Download or read book Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws written by Wayne Logan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first comprehensive empirical examination of the premises and effects of sex offender registration and notification laws.

Download or read book Conviction Or Diversion An Analysis of First time DUI Offenders in Pennsylvania written by Lauren Knoth and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrests for driving under the influence constitute the most common type of arrest in the United States, but they are often excluded from criminological research. The present study uses hierarchical linear modeling to analyze the sentencing and recidivism of first-time DUI offenders across 60 judicial districts in the State of Pennsylvania. The general theoretical question relates to factors that promote or inhibit deterrence. The study is concerned primarily with the severity of punishments, since arguments have been made both that severe punishments are necessary to reduce the likelihood of additional criminal behaviors (e.g., Beccaria 1764/1963), and that severe punishments are related to the persistence of offending behaviors (e.g., Sherman, 1993). Additionally, this thesis is concerned with the effects of a criminal label (e.g., Braithwaite, 1989; Laub and Sampson, 2003) by comparing the criminal behaviors of individuals who receive a permanent, and stigmatizing, criminal label to those who receive access to a rehabilitative and reintegrative disposition that does not carry a criminal label. Two overarching research questions are considered. First, what offender, offense, and community characteristics influence whether an offender receives diversion or is sentenced for a guilty conviction? Second, what offender, offense, and community characteristics are related to the recidivism of first-time DUI offenders? Specifically, this thesis seeks to understand the processes of selection into diversion programs and the relationship between diversion, versus a criminal label, on future criminal behaviors. These questions are analyzed using data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (PCS), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Pennsylvania Center for Crime and Delinquency, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the United States Census Bureau. Demographic and criminal history characteristics, offense and judicial proceeding characteristics, and community characteristics were included in two-level analyses of offenders nested within their respective Court of Common Pleas. Type of disposition - Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) or Guilty Conviction - and rearrest within 4 years of sentencing for a first-time DUI offense were analyzed as dependent variables. Consistent with general sentencing research, racial minorities, males, and younger offenders were more likely than white, female, and older offenders to receive harsh sentences. Offenders with more serious criminal histories were more likely than offenders with no prior criminal history to receive a guilty conviction. Blood alcohol content (BAC) was not predictive of disposition outcomes, but drug-impaired offenders were more likely than alcohol-impaired offenders to receive a guilty conviction. White, female, and older offenders were less likely than non-white, male, and younger offenders to recidivate. More serious offenders, characterized by the commission of a non-DUI offense that was more serious than their DUI offense, were more likely than less serious or DUI-only offenders to recidivate. Offenders with prior arrests were more likely than offenders with no prior arrests to recidivate. While BAC was not predictive of recidivism, drug-impaired offenders were more likely than alcohol-impaired offenders to recidivate. The relationship between a guilty conviction and recidivism varied by gender and race. While the rate of recidivism of males was similar for those who received ARD and those sentenced for a guilty conviction, females sentenced for a guilty conviction were significantly more likely than females receiving diversion to recidivate. The difference in recidivism between minority offenders sentenced to a guilty conviction and those receiving ARD was also significantly larger than the difference in recidivism for white offenders sentenced to a guilty conviction and those receiving ARD. Finally, county and judicial district characteristics were not predictive of disposition outcomes or rearrest. While this study found variation in the size of the effects of offender and offense characteristics across judicial districts, no county or judicial district characteristics included in the study were able to account for this variation. The results of this thesis suggest two implications for theory. First, arrest itself appears to be a strong deterrent for DUI offenders. The lack of significant differences in recidivism for those receiving a guilty conviction and those receiving diversion suggests that arrest itself may be a severe punishment for this group of offenders and that the severity of subsequent punishment is less important. Second, this thesis provides support for a contingent labeling effect. The findings provide some evidence of a racial or gendered effect of criminal labels and the associated propensity to recidivate. Finally, the current study has an important implication for policy. The findings suggest that diversion programs are currently disproportionately awarded to offenders based on demographic characteristics, but the effects of sentencing on recidivism appear similar regardless of the disposition outcome. Consequently, an expansion of diversion programs for first-time DUI offenders could be considered in order to reduce state costs and to reduce any potential stigma that may result from a permanent criminal label.

Download or read book Sex Offenders Stigma and Social Control written by Diana Rickard and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1990s witnessed a flurry of legislative initiatives—most notably, “Megan’s Law”—designed to control a population of sex offenders (child abusers) widely reviled as sick, evil, and incurable. In Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Diana Rickard provides the reader with an in-depth view of six such men, exploring how they manage to cope with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts. The six men discussed in the book are typical convicted sex offenders—neither serial pedophiles nor individuals convicted of the type of brutal act that looms large in public perceptions about sex crimes. Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control explores how these individuals, who have been cast as social pariahs, construct their sense of self. How does being labeled in this way and controlled by measures such as Megan’s Law affect one’s identity and sense of social being? Unlike traditional criminological and psychological studies of this population, this book frames their experiences in concepts of both deviance and identity, asking how men so highly stigmatized cope with the most extreme form of social marginality. Placing their stories within the context of the current culture of mass incarceration and zero-tolerance, Rickard provides a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between public policy and lived experience, as well as an understanding of the social challenges faced by this population, whose re-integration into society is far from simple or assured. Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control makes a significant contribution to our understanding of sex offenders, offering a unique window into how individuals make meaning out of their experiences and present a viable—not monstrous—social self to themselves and others.

Download or read book The Jack Roller written by Clifford R. Shaw and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jack-Roller tells the story of Stanley, a pseudonym Clifford Shaw gave to his informant and co-author, Michael Peter Majer. Stanley was sixteen years old when Shaw met him in 1923 and had recently been released from the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac, after serving a one-year sentence for burglary and jack-rolling (mugging), Vivid, authentic, this is the autobiography of a delinquent—his experiences, influences, attitudes, and values. The Jack-Roller helped to establish the life-history or "own story" as an important instrument of sociological research. The book remains as relevant today to the study and treatment of juvenile delinquency and maladjustment as it was when originally published in 1930.

Download or read book Juvenile Crime Juvenile Justice written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-06-05 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the furor. Often overlooked are the underlying problems of child poverty, social disadvantage, and the pitfalls inherent to adolescent decisionmaking that contribute to youth crime. From a policy standpoint, adolescent offenders are caught in the crossfire between nurturance of youth and punishment of criminals, between rehabilitation and "get tough" pronouncements. In the midst of this emotional debate, the National Research Council's Panel on Juvenile Crime steps forward with an authoritative review of the best available data and analysis. Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents recommendations for addressing the many aspects of America's youth crime problem. This timely release discusses patterns and trends in crimes by children and adolescentsâ€"trends revealed by arrest data, victim reports, and other sources; youth crime within general crime; and race and sex disparities. The book explores desistanceâ€"the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with ageâ€"and evaluates different approaches to predicting future crime rates. Why do young people turn to delinquency? Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents what we know and what we urgently need to find out about contributing factors, ranging from prenatal care, differences in temperament, and family influences to the role of peer relationships, the impact of the school policies toward delinquency, and the broader influences of the neighborhood and community. Equally important, this book examines a range of solutions: Prevention and intervention efforts directed to individuals, peer groups, and families, as well as day care-, school- and community-based initiatives. Intervention within the juvenile justice system. Role of the police. Processing and detention of youth offenders. Transferring youths to the adult judicial system. Residential placement of juveniles. The book includes background on the American juvenile court system, useful comparisons with the juvenile justice systems of other nations, and other important information for assessing this problem.

Download or read book Sex Offenders written by Arjan A. J. Blokland and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating the policies used to combat one of society’s most intractable public issues. Features chapters based on original research from the most prominent scholars in the field of sex offender and criminal career research Deals with the entire criminal careers of sex offenders from youth to adulthood Illustrates the significance of the criminal career approach for theory, treatment, research, and policy regarding sex offenders Covers a wider breadth of topics than existing texts and uses data from various studies and countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands Features an introductory chapter charting the origins of the criminal career perspective as well as the history of sex offender research, pinpointing the most important research questions and current debates in both fields

Download or read book The First time Offender Program for Juvenile Delinquents written by Adam Hensley Benton and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: