Symposium on Judicial and Prosecutorial Discretion in Criminal Adjudication: Have Federal and State Reform Efforts Produced Greater Equality in Sentence Outcomes?

这次研讨会汇集了法律学者和社会科学家，他们研究法律和法律外变量对判决严重性的影响。为期一天的研讨会包括六个环节，撰写的论文将发表在《刑法与犯罪学杂志》的特刊上。其中一篇论文考察了私刑遗产对被告种族和刑期之间关系的制约效应。其他文件审查了最近的改革在多大程度上影响了量刑结果的司法自由裁量权。在更广泛的影响方面，研讨会将汇集社会科学家和学者，他们从更传统的、教条主义的方法研究法律。研究生和本科生将有一个独特的机会与广泛的学者互动。最后，讲习班包括在当地图书馆举行的一次会议，为广大公众提供了了解量刑政策问题的机会。

This symposium brings together legal scholars and social scientists who study the influence of legal and extra-legal variables on sentence severity. The one-day workshop includes six sessions, producing papers that will be published in a special issue of Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. One of those papers examines the conditioning effects of the legacy of lynching on the relationship between the race of defendant and length of sentence. Other papers examine the extent to which recent reforms have affected judicial discretion in sentencing outcomes. In terms of broader impacts, the workshop will bring together social scientists and scholars who study law from more traditional, doctrinal approaches. Graduate and undergraduate students will have a unique opportunity to interact with a wide range of scholars. Finally, the workshop includes a session at a local library, offering an opportunity for the general public to become informed on issues in sentencing policy.