TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Developing sentencing guidelines in Massachusetts: A work in progress
JO  - Law and policy
A1  - Carney, Francis
SP  - 247
EP  - 279
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - Sentencing guidelines legislation is currently under consideration by the Massachusetts legislature. This paper discusses the process used by the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission in formulating the sentencing guidelines legislation. The conceptual model and key substantive considerations associated with the sentencing guidelines are summarized, with special attention to two salient issues - intermediate sanctions and mandatory sentencing and their relationship to the sentencing guidelines. The paper concludes with a discussion of the reactions to the guidelines legislation and the prospects for passage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0265-8240
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9930.00050
ID  - ref1
ER  -