The report on a sentencing experiment that revealed substantial disparity in determining both the need for incarceration and the lengths of prison terms to be imposed. Matters of disparity and the effects of particular case characteristics are discussed.
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The Second Circuit Sentencing Study: A Report to the Judges of the Second Circuit
January 1, 1974
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