NCJ Number
30998
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1975) Pages: 337-347
Date Published
1975
Length
11 pages
Annotation
CRITICISM OF THE MODEL SENTENCING ACT'S DEFINITIONS OF DANGEROUS AND NONDANGEROUS OFFENDERS, ITS SENTENCING PROVISIONS, AND THE AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY POWER THAT ITS GRANTS THE SENTENCING JUDGE.
Abstract
A NEW SENTENCING ACT IS PROPOSED AUTHORIZING IMPRISONMENT OF OFFENDERS WITH A KNOWN PATTERN OF REPETITIVELY VIOLENT ACTS AND RENDERING ALL OTHERS INELIGIBLE FOR IMPRISONMENT. THE NEW ACT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE PSYCHIATRIC PREDICTIONS OR DIAGNOSES FROM SENTENCING PROCEEDINGS UNLESS INTRODUCED BY THE DEFENSE. JUDICIAL SENTENCING DISCRETION WOULD BE RESTRICTED BY ESTABLISHING MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SENTENCES ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF SERIOUSNESS OF A CRIME AND SENTENCING DISPARITY MINIMIZED BY THE ABOLITION OF GOOD-TIME CREDITS AND PAROLE.