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Some recommended sentencing reading after we get federal election results

By Douglas A. Berman

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While we all await election results, I though it might be fun to recommend some timely and timeless older sentencing literature from SSRN, all of which that seems worth reading (or re-reading) during the upcoming transition period. I doubt anyone dealing with issues other than federal sentencing law and policy will have time or energy to read (or re-read) everything on this list, but I like the idea of providing through the help of SSRN a post-election policy primer from academics. So here, in alphabetical order, is a baker's dozen of recommended titles and links (click through to see authors and dates): Delegating Punitive Power: The Political Economy of Sentencing Commission and Guideline Formation Desert, Democracy, and Sentencing Reform The Future of Federal Sentencing Policy: Learning Lessons from Republican Judicial Appointees in the Guidelines Era Making Sentencing Sensible A Map of Sentencing and A Compass for Judges: Sentencing Information Systems, Transparency and the Next Generation of Reform Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).