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Document Type

Article

Media Type

Text

Abstract

An analysis of the sentencing reform movement of the 1970's which attacked parole board discretion in favor of determinate sentencing systems. Professor Zimring criticizes the outcomes of that reform and presents some lessons for future law-reformers.

First Page

1

Last Page

18

Publication Date

11-1-1981

Department

Other

ISSN

0734-1490

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Suggested Citation

Franklin E. Zimring, Sentencing Reform in the States: Some Sobering Lessons from the 1970's, 2 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 1 (1981).

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