1. Cultural Diversity and Criminal Justice
... systems, social and legal scholars pressed for legislation that would replace indeterminate sentencing with a system that offered greater predictability in determining proper sentence dispositions and lengths of imprisonment (Frankel, 1973; von Hirsch, 1976; Kennedy 1979). Sentencing reformers advocated for structured systems that limited judicial discretion with the expectation that these would create ... criminal record. Deviations from the parole guideline ranges were granted by written request (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1996). Furthermore, in responding to public demand for hars...
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