... and instead adopt the idea of matching the severity of the sentence with the aggravating and mitigating factors of the offender involved. However, due to the fact that there is variation among judges, they will place different values on the same factor. In view of the synthetic approach only three things are necessary: "rough agreement on the scaling of offence seriousness ... analytical approach in explaining judges decisions, much psychological research is consistent with the view that as decisions increase in complexity the less people are able to allow accurately for the combined ef...

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