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Developing Sentencing Guidelines in Massachusetts: A Work in Progress
Author(s) -
Carney Francis
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9930.00050
Subject(s) - legislation , sentencing guidelines , commission , sanctions , political science , legislature , work (physics) , salient , law , public administration , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , sentence
Sentencing guidelines legislation is currently under consideration by the Massachusetts legislature. This paper discusses the process used by the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission in formulating the sentencing guidelines legislation. The conceptual model and key substantive considerations associated with the sentencing guidelines are summarized, with special attention to two salient issues – intermediate sanctions and mandatory sentencing and their relationship to the sentencing guidelines. The paper concludes with a discussion of the reactions to the guidelines legislation and the prospects for passage.