Sentencing Policy and Pragmatism: A Survey of Systems Across the United States

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Sentencing Policy and Pragmatism: A Survey of Systems Across the United States

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Author(s)

• Ayers, Christopher

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• Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (College Park, MD)

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Published 2001. 22 pages.

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• Sentencing (Justice System)
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