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NYU Brennen lecture on evidence-based sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

I am pleased to discover that, just in time for my turkey day reading pile, Justice Michael Wolff's article in the NYU Law Review on evidence-based sentencing reform is available on-line at this link. Justice Wolff's article is titled "Evidence-Based Judicial Discretion: Promoting Public Safety Through State Sentencing Reform," and here is the abstract: In this speech delivered for the annual Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice, the Honorable Michael Wolff offers a new way of thinking about sentencing. Instead of attempting to limit judicial discretion and increase incarceration, states should aim to reduce recidivism in order to make our communities safer.  Judge Wolff uses the example of Missouri?s sentencing reforms to argue that states should adopt evidence-based sentencing, in which the effectiveness of different sentences and treatment programs are regularly evaluated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 26, 2008 (boomark / email).