A study in the sociology of criminal law: legal and non-legal factors affecting the length of prison sentence
This study presents an initial attempt to develop a model of a decision-making process which lawyers could employ in seeking the most lenient sentence possible for their clients. Regression equations depicting the direct effect of a number of legal and nonlegal (social) factors on the length of pris...
Main Author: | Leggette, Thomas Alan |
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Other Authors: | Sociology |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76381 |
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