DOWNWARD DEPARTURES FOR SERIOUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS: LOCAL COURT “CORRECTIONS” TO PENNSYLVANIA'S SENTENCING GUIDELINES*

By J. Kramer, Jeffery T. Ulmer. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Recent Developments and New Directions in Sentencing Research (2012, background): “…more severely (just a few examples are Curry & Corral-Camacho, 2008; Demuth & Steffensmeier, 2004b; Doerner & Demuth, 2009; Kautt & Spohn, 2002; Kramer & Ulmer, 2002, 2009; Spohn & Holleran, 2000; Steen, Engen, and Gainey, 2005; Steffensmeier & Demuth, 2000, 2001, 2006; Ulmer et al., 2007).”
Measuring and Explaining Charge Bargaining (2007, background): “Having identified this discretion, it can then be studied and explained (Kessler and Piehl 1998; Bjerk 2005; Farrell 2003; Bynum 1982; Loftin et al. 1983; Hofer 2000; Kramer et al. 2003).”
Does Gender Modify the Effects of Race–ethnicity on Criminal Sanctioning? Sentences for Male and Female White, Black, and Hispanic Defendants (2006, background): “... justice system is particularly alarming given that recent sophisticated studies provide evidence that Hispanic defendants are sentenced more harshly than white (and sometimes black) defendants (e.g., Engen and Gainey 2000; Spohn and Holleran 2000; Steffensmeier and Demuth 2000, 2001; Ulmer and J”
Sentencing Female Misdemeanants: An Examination of the Direct and Indirect Effects of Race/Ethnicity (2006, background): “In another study, young Black females were much more likely to get downward departures than their White counterparts (Kramer & Ulmer, 2002).5 In all of these studies female felons were considered.6 It may be that the effect of race/ ethnicity may be more evident in the predicted direction in cases…”
Trial Penalties in Federal Sentencing: Extra‐Guidelines Factors and District Variation (2010, unknown): “…length elsewhere (e.g., Bontrager, Bales, & Chiricos, 2005; Curry, Lee, & Rodriguez, 2004; Engen, Gainey, Crutchfield, & Weis, 2003; Johnson, 2005; Kramer & Ulmer, 2002; Steen, Engen, & Gainey, 2005; Steffensmeier & Demuth, 2000; Steffensmeier et al., 1998; Ulmer & Johnson, 2004; Ulmer,…”