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

本次研讨会汇集了法律的学者和社会科学家谁研究的影响，法律的和额外的法律的变量对判决的严重性。 为期一天的讲习班包括六次会议，编写的论文将在《刑法和犯罪学杂志》特刊上发表。其中一篇论文研究了私刑遗留问题对被告种族和刑期之间关系的制约作用。其他文件研究了最近的改革在多大程度上影响了量刑结果的司法裁量权。就更广泛的影响而言，讲习班将汇集从更传统的理论方法研究法律的社会科学家和学者。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，为公众提供了解判刑政策问题的机会。

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.