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Sentencing Severity

Sentencing Severity is a metric within criminal justice research that quantifies the harshness of penalties imposed on individuals convicted of violent crimes, distinguished by its focus on the intensity and duration of punishment relative to legal and normative standards.

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Citations

240

Authors

123

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Variants

Punishment Severity

Parents

Publications

137

Sentencing under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Effects of Defendant Characteristics, Guilty Pleas, and Departures on Sentence Outcomes for Drug Offenses, 1991–1992

Celesta A. Albonetti · Law & Society Review · 1997 · 459 citations

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Racial Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence with Additional Evidence on the Death Penalty

Gary Kleck · American Sociological Review · 1981 · 383 citations

, , +15

Sentence Severity and Crime: Accepting the Null Hypothesis

Anthony N. Doob, Cheryl Marie Webster · Crime and Justice · 2003 · 304 citations

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DOWNWARD DEPARTURES FOR SERIOUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS: LOCAL COURT “CORRECTIONS” TO PENNSYLVANIA'S SENTENCING GUIDELINES*

John H. Kramer, Jeffery T. Ulmer · Criminology · 2002 · 254 citations

, , +17

Sentencing of Convicted Offenders: An Analysis of the Public's View

Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen · Law & Society Review · 1980 · 196 citations

, , +15

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Authors

240

  1. JV
    Julian V. Roberts

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    10 publications · 504 citations

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  2. CS
    Cassia Spohn

    Arizona State University, United States

    6 publications · 379 citations

    6

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  3. JM
    John M. Darley

    Princeton University, United States

    4 publications · 166 citations

    4

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  4. JR
    Jon R. Sorensen

    Prairie View A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 65 citations

    3

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  5. BM
    Bryan Myers

    University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States

    3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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Institutions

123

  1. Institute of Criminology

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    575 citations

  2. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    484 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    511 citations

  4. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    310 citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    375 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    302 citations

  7. University of Nebraska at Omaha

    Omaha, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  8. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    133 citations

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Venues

  1. Criminology

    7 publications · 579 citations

    7

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  2. Justice Quarterly

    JQ · 6 publications · 116 citations

    6

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  4. Law and Human Behavior

    5 publications · 191 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Quantitative Criminology

    5 publications · 211 citations

    5

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