Although judges may be well intended when taking an oath to be impartial when they reach
the bench, psychological and legal literature suggests that their legal approaches …

Legal decision-making aspires to be objective, a principle regarded as foundational to
justice, public trust, and the legitimacy of legal outcomes. However, this ideal is often …

Analyzing sentencing disparity calls for more calibrated measures to capture the nuances of
judicial discretion within jurisdictions that adopt strict sentencing guidelines. This article uses …

Prison sentences that exceed the natural lifespan present a puzzle because they have no
more power to deter or incapacitate than a single life sentence. In three survey experiments …

This article focuses on two aspects of actuarial risk at sentencing, the accuracy of the
instrument and the outcome it predicts. For theoretical reasons rooted in the cognitive …

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judicial training 204 207 4 08/08/23 20230901 NES 230901 Although judges are supposed …

To what extent are accused's backgrounds within the criminal justice system considered
during the sentencing process, and if they are, how do judges make sense of them? To …

This is a forthcoming chapter on criminal sentencing for the second edition of the APA
Handbook of Forensic Psychology. The chapter begins by describing the historical context …

Judicial decision-making, and sentencing in particular, are complex cognitive processes.
The number of case characteristics that could be deemed relevant and therefore influence …

Criminal sentencing has grown into an increasingly interactive process featuring a
multiplicity of potential actors—prosecution, defence, the individual convicted of the crime …