Comparing sentencing decision support systems for judges and lawyers

Uri J. Schild, John Zeleznikow

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Abstract

Decision Support Systems have been widely used in business and engineering applications. Because sentencing is primarily concerned with consistency of process rather than consistency of outcome, it has not been a fruitful area for decision support research. We give an outline of the need for decision support to support sentencing decision-making. We examine current sentencing decision support systems and compare their different aims and users.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)523-552
Number of pages30
JournalJournal of Decision Systems
Volume17
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Criminal Sentencing
  • Decision Support
  • Discretionary Reasoning

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