Custodial Decision Making in a Magistrates' Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | JUDITH RUMGAY (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-217 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048494 |
| OpenAlex | W2372762400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This article explores the relative contributions to sentencing decision making of a stable court culture and immediate situational factors intervening in particular cases. An empirical study of a magistrates' court which showed a generally parsimonious use of custody reveals that this pattern was generally sustained by important characteristics of the approach to decision making within the court itself and of magistrates' views on the nature of their task. However, immediate situational factors intervening in particular cases appeared to disrupt the general decision making process, provoking decisions to impose custody. The implications for modifying sentencing decision making are explored
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |