Sentencing as a Human Process

ISBN: 9781487599553 出版年：2019 页码：448 Hogarth, John University of Toronto Press

Sentencing is not a neutral or mechanical act; it is a human process, highly charged affectively and motivationally. Sentencing decisions take place in a social environment of laws, facts, ideas, and people. This study of sentencing behaviour is primarily concerned with the mental processes involved in decision-making