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Author Wandall, Rasmus H.

Title Decisions to imprison : court decision-making inside and outside the law / Rasmus H. Wandall.

Publication Info. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource (x, 203 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Advances in criminology
Advances in criminology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Inside and outside the law -- The legal framework of decisions to imprison -- Decisions to imprison : a statistical point of view -- Description of the court and of the case-handling -- Organizing courtroom communication -- Decisions to imprison in the courtroom -- Ideologies of imprisonment in the courtroom -- Decisions to imprison inside and outside the law -- Closing perspectives.
Summary This book presents empirical analyses of the normative and ideological structures of courts' decisions to imprison in the daily handling of criminal cases. It explores the ways in which the courtroom decision-making process upholds decisions as legally valid, whilst at the same time also allows decision-making to reflect wider and more contextual factors.
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Subject Imprisonment -- Denmark.
Imprisonment.
Denmark.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Denmark.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Prison sentences -- Denmark.
Prison sentences.
Judicial process -- Denmark.
Judicial process.
Courts -- Denmark.
Courts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wandall, Rasmus H. Decisions to imprison. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008 9780754671572 0754671577 (DLC) 2007027844 (OCoLC)153598746
ISBN 9780754688327 (electronic book)
0754688321 (electronic book)
9780754671572 (hardback)
0754671577 (hardback)

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