Effects of Judges' Sentencing Decisions on Criminal Careers

Gottfredson, Don M.

doi:10.1037/e513192006-001

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“…Using recidivism as their outcome variables, they reported no significant differences between the two sanctions. Gottfredson (1999) assessed the effect of two forms of sanctioning, probation and incarceration, on recidivism among offenders convicted of felonies in Essex County, NJ during 1976 and He reported that neither type of sentence nor length of sentence had a significant impact on recidivism. They reported that the self-reported delinquency of adolescents before, during, and after a court sentence remained similar.…”

Section: Findings About Sanctioning Following Arrest or Police Contactmentioning

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The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

Liberman¹,

Nagin²

2008

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Section: Findings About Sanctioning Following Arrest or Police Contactmentioning

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The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

Liberman¹,

Nagin²

2008

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“…Furthermore, crimes that stem from limited life chances, broader social problems and physical addictions are unlikely to be deterred -in fact they may be exacerbated -by long periods of imprisonment (Orsagh & Chen 1988 total time served to be unrelated to the probability of re-arrest during a six-year follow-up period. In the longest study of this kind, Denise Gottfredson (1999) compared the recidivism rates of those who were incarcerated against those who received suspended sentences or probation for a 20-year follow-up period in New Jersey. She found that neither sentence type nor length of confinement affected the likelihood of recidivism.…”

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Exploring the Impact of Institutional Placement on the Recidivism of Delinquent Youth

Lin¹

2007

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This dissertation explores the reasons that court-involved youth in New York City are sent to institutional placement (incarcerated), and assesses the impact of placement on future recidivism. Unlike adult dispositions, family court dispositions for juveniles are driven by two distinct goals: protecting public safety and acting in the best interests of the youth. These interests may act in concert, or they may be at odds with one another. That is, the disposition that is best suited to protecting public safety may not be the one that is best for the youth. Given this dilemma, what are the real reasons behind decisions to incarcerate New York City juvenile delinquents? I find that the main forces behind the placement decisions have less to do with criminogenic risk factors and assessed needs, and more to do with factors that characterize youths' relationships with the court itself. These factors often represent the degree to which youth have "learned their lesson" and demonstrate that they can comply with court orders. However, despite the profound impact that they have on the risk of incarceration, these characteristics and dynamics are not very predictive of the risk of recidivism.Placement itself, at least in the short term, does not appear to affect the risk of recidivism. It neither decreases recidivism, as deterrence theory would predict, ii

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“…More recent requests for research on mandatory minimum statutes have also occurred (Gottfredson, 1999;Shichor & Sechrest, 1996). The current study is the initial phase in a direct test of the impact of the 10-20-Life legislation in Florida.…”

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Profiling Sentence Enhancement Offenders: A Case Study of Florida's 10-20-Lifers

Kunselman

Johnson

Rayboun

2003

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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96%) and one half are between the ages of 23 and 41. Eighty percent of the offenses were for felon in possession of a firearm or concealed weapon and robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon. Slightly over one half of the offenders were sentenced to a term of 3 years and the remaining were sentenced to 10 or more years. The average sentence received was 8 years. The average sentence length was significantly higher for Black offenders sentenced under 10-20-Life. Moreover, Black offenders received all nine of the life sentences.

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Effects of Judges' Sentencing Decisions on Criminal Careers

Cited by 41 publications

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The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research

Exploring the Impact of Institutional Placement on the Recidivism of Delinquent Youth

Profiling Sentence Enhancement Offenders: A Case Study of Florida's 10-20-Lifers

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