Paying for the Past: The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements

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Richard S. Frase (Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, University of Minnesota) Julian V. Roberts (Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

Paying for the Past

The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements

Richard S. Frase (Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, University of Minnesota), Julian V. Roberts (Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press Inc
26 August 2019

Criminal justice law; Criminal procedure: law of evidence

All modern sentencing systems, in the US and beyond, consider the offender's prior record to be an important determinant of the form and severity of punishment for subsequent offences. Repeat offenders receive harsher punishments than first offenders, and offenders with longer criminal records are punished more severely than those with shorter records. Yet the vast literature on sentencing policy, law, and practice has generally overlooked the issue of prior convictions, even though this is the most important sentencing factor after the seriousness of the crime. In Paying for the Past, Richard S. Frase and Julian V. Roberts provide a critical and systematic examination of current prior record enhancements under sentencing guidelines across the US. Drawing on empirical data and analyses of guidelines from a number of jurisdictions, they illustrate different approaches to prior record enhancements and the differing outcomes of those approaches. Roberts and Frase demonstrate that most prior record enhancements generate a range of adverse outcomes at sentencing. Further, the pervasive justifications for prior record enhancement, such as the repeat offender's assumed higher risk of reoffending or greater culpability, are uncertain and have rarely been subjected to critical appraisal. The punitive sentencing premiums for repeat offenders prescribed by US guidelines cannot be justified on grounds of prevention or retribution.

Shining a light on a neglected but critically important topic, Paying for the Past examines the costs of prior record enhancements for repeat offenders and offers model guidelines to help reduce racial disparities and reallocate criminal justice resources for jurisdictions who use sentence enhancements.

By: Richard S. Frase (Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law University of Minnesota), Julian V. Roberts (Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 163mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9780190254001
ISBN 10: 0190254009
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 26 August 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Prior Record Sentencing Enhancements in Context Chapter 1: Retributive Perspectives on an Offender's Criminal or Crime-free Past Chapter 2: Prior Record and the Risk of Recidivism Chapter 3: What Other Factors Indicate High or Low Recidivism Risk? Chapter 4: Are Record-based Enhancements a Cost-effective and Fair Way to Reduce Crime? Chapter 5: The Effects of Prior Convictions on Sentence Severity (Co-author: Rhys Hester) Chapter 6: Adverse Impacts on Offense-based Proportionality and Prison-use Priorities (Co-author: Rhys Hester) Chapter 7: Disproportionate Impacts on Minority Offenders (Co-author: Rhys Hester) Chapter 8: Impacts of Criminal History Enhancements on Prison Bed Needs and Costs (Co-author: Rhys Hester) Chapter 9: The Long Arm of the Law: Look-back Provisions Chapter 10: Problematic Components Found in Many Criminal History Formulas Chapter 11: The Model Regime Appendix A: Representative Criminal History Provisions in U.S. Guidelines Appendix B: Representative Provisions from other Common Law Systems Appendix C: Some Offender Groups That May Require Special Treatment References Case Table Index

Richard S. Frase is Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Minnesota. His scholarship examines Minnesota and other state sentencing guidelines, punishment theories, criminal procedure in the U.S. and abroad, and comparison of sentencing law and practice across U.S. states and between the U.S. and other nations. Julian V. Roberts is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford and a member of the Sentencing Council of England and Wales His research focuses on all aspects of sentencing law, policy and practice in common law jurisdictions.

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Paying for the Past

The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements

Richard S. Frase (Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, Benjamin N. Berger Professor in Criminal Law, University of Minnesota), Julian V. Roberts (Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Professor of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

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