@article{ref1,
title="The effect of legal and extra-legal variables on the recommending and granting of a pardon",
journal="Law and policy",
year="2000",
author="Austin, Thomas and Hummer, Don",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="49-65",
abstract="A familiar but little studied area of criminal justice is that of pardons. Using data from the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, the decision-making process is examined to determine the degree of correspondence between the board's recommendation and the governor's decision to grant or deny a pardon. Included in the analysis is an assessment of the relative impact of legal and extra-legal variables on the decision-making process. The paper concludes with a discussion on the dynamics of the process, including why some individuals are more likely than others to be granted a pardon, and the implications the findings have for both policy and theory development.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0265-8240",
doi="10.1111/1467-9930.00085",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9930.00085"
}