Discretion and the Determinate Sentence: Its Distribution, Control, and Effect on Time Served.

Clear, Todd R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ188489

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Publication Date: 1978

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Discretion and the Determinate Sentence: Its Distribution, Control, and Effect on Time Served

Clear, Todd R.; And Others

Crime and Delinquency, 24, 4, 428-55, Oct 78

Recently, the Indiana legislature passed a new penal code, which among other changes, established a determinate sentencing structure. This article provides an analysis of this code and suggests that the intent of most sentencing reformers may not have been met by this new law. (Author)

Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Court Doctrine, Criminal Law, Criminology, Institutionalized Persons, Prisoners, State of the Art Reviews

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