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- catalog abstract "When judges have discretion over fines and prison terms, sentencing exhibits a tendency toward efficiency: fines are larger, and prison terms shorter, for offenders with greater ability to pay. Sentencing guidelines place fairly rigid upper and lower limits on fines and prison terms and may inhibit the achievement of efficiency in sentencing. Preventing judges from substituting fines for prison terms may raise the cost of imposing punishment. The objective of this paper is to measure the efficiency cost of sentencing guidelines using data on federal offenders sentenced" under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. We find evidence that the guidelines raise the cost of punishment by nearly 5 percent of the total imprisonment cost of federal offenders. Not surprisingly, constraints on cost minimization raise costs.".
- catalog contributor b10684022.
- catalog contributor b10684023.
- catalog contributor b10684024.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18).".
- catalog description "When judges have discretion over fines and prison terms, sentencing exhibits a tendency toward efficiency: fines are larger, and prison terms shorter, for offenders with greater ability to pay. Sentencing guidelines place fairly rigid upper and lower limits on fines and prison terms and may inhibit the achievement of efficiency in sentencing. Preventing judges from substituting fines for prison terms may raise the cost of imposing punishment. The objective of this paper is to measure the efficiency cost of sentencing guidelines using data on federal offenders sentenced" under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. We find evidence that the guidelines raise the cost of punishment by nearly 5 percent of the total imprisonment cost of federal offenders. Not surprisingly, constraints on cost minimization raise costs.".
- catalog extent "24 p. :".
- catalog isPartOf "NBER working paper series ; working paper 6361".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; working paper no. 6361.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research,".
- catalog title "Do sentencing guidelines raise the cost of punishment? / Jose Meade, Joel Waldfogel.".
- catalog type "Computer network resources. local".
- catalog type "text".