Spohn, Cassia. <br/><br/>
How do judges decide? :  the search for fairness and justice in punishment / 
Cassia C. Spohn. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  SAGE Publications,  2002. 
 - xii, 340 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index. 
<br/><br/>The goals of sentencing -- Sentencing options and the sentencing process -- How do judges decide? -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- 30 years of sentencing reform -- The impact of the sentencing reform movement. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761987606 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.<br/>Punishment--United States.<br/>Judicial process--United States.