Considers, using statistics from the Crown Court Sentencing Survey, the extent to which
gender disparities are evident in the sentences imposed for burglary, assault and drug …

Most research in sentencing discrimination in the United Kingdom has relied on aggregate
analyses comparing disparities by ethnic group. These studies fail to consider differences in …

Abstract Sentencing in England and Wales has evolved in a direction apart from other
common law countries. Although sentencing problems found in many Western nations are …

Little is known about how alcohol intoxication impacts sentence outcomes. This study
assesses whether intoxication differentially aggravates sentence outcomes for male and …

The 'England and Wales Sentencing Guidelines' aim to promote consistency by organizing
the sentencing process as a sequence of steps, with initial judicial assessments …

Little is known about how the Sentencing Council's guidance to treat intoxication as
aggravation is applied in practice. With reference to assault offences, this study examines …

The 'totality principle'in law aims to show mercy to offenders in multiple-offence (MO) cases
and retain ordinal proportionality in punishing those who commit different categories of …

Personal mitigating factors (PMFs) such as good character, remorse and addressing
addiction help sentencers evaluate an offender's past, present and future behavior. We …

Sentencing guidelines were an exclusively American enterprise until recently. Since 2004,
however, other countries have joined in. Contrasting approaches are exemplified by …

Although it has long been acknowledged that heuristics influence judicial decision making,
researchers have yet to explore how sentencing guidelines might interact with heuristics to …