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Sentencing Law, Policy, and Practice

2nd Edition
Wayne A. Logan | Michael M. O'Hear
ISBN: 9798887869537
Subject: Corrections And Sentencing
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 819
Copyright: 2026 | Status: Accepting Pre-Orders

With guilt in the vast majority of criminal cases resolved by guilty pleas, sentencing has enormous practical importance in the American criminal legal system, and has major social, political, and economic ramifications for society. Sentencing also implicates a broad array of fascinating legal and theoretical issues. Sentencing Law, Policy, and Practice covers this terrain in a comprehensive, nuanced, and accessible manner. In addition to addressing core topics such as penal justifications, constitutional limitations on punishment, sentencing guidelines, and the disparate treatment of defendants, the book provides in-depth coverage of other subjects often receiving only glancing treatment in sentencing casebooks—community supervision, economic sanctions, capital punishment, corporate criminal liability, and collateral consequences. To broaden and deepen student understanding, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach, drawing upon cutting-edge legal and social science research, providing opportunities for engaging class discussion. The book has sufficient breadth and depth for a three-credit course but is also readily adaptable for use in a two-credit format.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 07/16/2026
Related Subject(s): Criminal Procedure

Wayne A. Logan, Wake Forest University School of Law

Michael M. O'Hear, Marquette University Law School

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