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The Importance of Background Variables in Sentencing Behavior

Trent Polytechnic, England

The research described in this article is concerned with the relationship among magistrates' social background characteristics, their sentencing objectives, and their application of sentencing principles. The study was aimed at increasing our understanding of the extent of the human element in sentencing behavior. The empirical results support the view that no particular precedence should be accorded to social background variables in explaining sentencing behavior but it is the interrelationship of all significant variables that remains of crucial importance.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 15, No. 2, 255-263 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854888015002010


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