Individual Project 4

Study the case studies listed in this week’s reading assignments, and discuss the following:

• Which of the cases illustrate determinate and indeterminate sentencing structures? Explain your rationale.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the sentencing models as well as the practical implications of the public policies behind each.
• APA format for references. At least 3 in ABC order.
• Deliverable Length:
  3 pages

These are the reading assignments:

• Lynch, G. E. (2005). SENTENCING: LEARNING FROM, AND WORRYING ABOUT, THE STATES. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 933-942.
• Bowman, F. O. (2005). THE FAILURE OF THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES: A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 1315-1350.
• Robinson, P. H., & Spellman, B. A. (2005). SENTENCING DECISIONS: MATCHING THE DECISIONMAKER TO THE DECISION NATURE. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 1124-1161.

Champion and Hartley, Chapters 9 and 10