02343namaa2200409uu 4500 doab69538 oapen 20260305123948.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 210506s2019 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781509921430 oapen oapen eng dc LNFX1 bicssc Keijser, Jan W. de edt Predictive Sentencing Normative and Empirical Perspectives Hart Publishers 2019 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Predictive Sentencing addresses the role of risk assessment in contemporary sentencing practices. Predictive sentencing has become so deeply ingrained in Western criminal justice decision-making that despite early ethical discussions about selective incapacitation, it currently attracts little critique. Nor has it been subjected to a thorough normative and empirical scrutiny. This is problematic since much current policy and practice concerning risk predictions is inconsistent with mainstream theories of punishment. Moreover, predictive sentencing exacerbates discrimination and disparity in sentencing. Although structured risk assessments may have replaced 'gut feelings', and have now been systematically implemented in Western justice systems, the fundamental issues and questions that surround the use of risk assessment instruments at sentencing remain unresolved. This volume critically evaluates these issues and will be of great interest to scholars of criminal justice and criminology. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Sentencing & punishment bicssc risk assessment; contemporary sentencing practices; predictive sentencing Keijser, Jan W. de oth Roberts, Julian V. edt Roberts, Julian V. oth Rybert, Jesper edt Rybert, Jesper oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69538 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92888 92888