Guest Editor's Observations: Recurring Policy Issues of Guidelines (and non-Guidelines) Sentencing: Risk Assessments, Criminal History Enhancements, and the Enforcement of Release Conditions (original) (raw)

The guest editor observes the integration of academic research with sentencing commission policy formulation, highlighted through four original papers presented at the 2013 NASC Annual Meeting. These papers tackle significant sentencing policy issues, emphasizing the implications of risk assessments and the importance of fairness in criminal justice outcomes. Recommendations include reforms for more effective supervision and revocation processes that improve offender rehabilitation and judicial consistency.