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Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion
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Warner, Kate, Spiranovic, C 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5270-8719, Freiberg, A and Davis, J 2018
, 'Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion'
, Alternative Law Journal, vol. 43, no. 4
, pp. 289-294
, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X18793967.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5270-8719, Freiberg, A and Davis, J 2018
, 'Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion'
, Alternative Law Journal, vol. 43, no. 4
, pp. 289-294
, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X18793967.
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Abstract
When asked about sentencing discretion and mandatory sentences, jurors participating in the Victorian Jury Sentencing Study expressed strong support for sentencing discretion and weak support for mandatory sentences despite a belief by jurors that, in general, sentences are too lenient. This strengthens the argument that polls that pose a general question about mandatory sentences or sentencing severity divorced from the context of a specific case are an inadequate and misleading measure of public opinion.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Authors/Creators: | Warner, Kate and Spiranovic, C and Freiberg, A and Davis, J |
| Keywords: | mandatory sentencing, discretion, views of jurors |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Alternative Law Journal |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 1037-969X |
| DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X18793967 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright 2018 The Author(s) |
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