Handbook on Punishment Decisions

<p><em>Handbook on Punishment Decisions: Locations of Disparity</em> provides a comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge on sites of disparity in punishment decision-making. This collection of essays and reports of original research defines disparity broadly to include the intersection of race/ethnicity gender age citizenship/immigration status and socioeconomic status and it examines dimensions such as how pretrial or guilty plea processes shape exposure to punishment how different types of sentencing decisions and/or policy structures (sentencing guidelines mandatory minimums risk assessment tools) might shape and condition disparity and how post-sentencing decisions involving probation and parole contribute to inequalities. The sixteen contributions pull together what we know and what we don’t about punishment decision-making and plow new ground for further advances in the field.</p><p>The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series publishes volumes on topics ranging from violence risk assessment to specialty courts for drug users veterans or people with mental illness. Each thematic volume focuses on a single topical issue that intersects with corrections and sentencing research.</p>