National Sentencing Policy Institute 2012 - Materials
8:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Major Challenges facing Federal Sentencing and Corrections Policy
Materials:
Bureau of Prisons―Growing Inmate Crowding Negatively Affects Inmates, Staff, and Infrastructure, September 2012 (PDF, 92 pp.) U.S. Government Accountability Office
Rising Prison Costs: Restricting Budgets and Crime Prevention Options, Testimony of before the Senate Judiciary Committee, August 1, 2012 (PDF, 6 pp.) Brett Tolman
Selected Sentencing Issues from Recent Appellate Case Law: Extreme Variances, Policy Disagreements, and Child Pornography (PDF, 15 pp.) Jefri Wood, Federal Judicial Center, September 24, 2012
U.S. Department of Justice Annual Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission 2011 (PDF, 8 pp.)
U.S. Department of Justice Annual Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission 2012 (PDF, 11 pp.)
10:45 – 11:45a.m.
Regional and Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices
Materials:
Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices: An Update of the Booker Report’s Multivariate Regression Analysis (PDF, 51 pp.) U.S. Sentencing Commission, March 2010
Judicial Discretion in Federal Sentencing―An Intersection of Policy Priorities and Law (PDF, 5 pp.) Celesta A. Albonetti, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
The “Liberation” of Federal Judges' Discretion in the Wake of the Booker/Fanfan Decision: Is There Increased Disparity and Divergence Between Courts? (PDF, 40 pp.) Jeffery Ulmer, Michael T. Light, John Kramer, Justice Quarterly, March 7, 2011
A New Approach to Estimating Sentencing Disparity: Bringing Prosecutors Into the Picture (PDF, 51 pp.) Sonja B. Starr, M. Marit Rehavi, August 31, 2012
Overview of: “Racial Disparity in the Wake of the Booker/Fanfan Decision―An Alternative Analysis to the USSC’s 2010 Report” (PDF, 3 p.) Jeffery T. Ulmer, Michael T. Light, John H. Kramer, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
Prepared Testimony of Judge Patti B. Saris, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommitee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, October 12, 2011 (PDF, 89 pp.)
Race Disparity Under Advisory Guidelines―Dueling Assessments and Potential Responses (PDF, 10 pp.) Ryan W. Scott, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
Racial Disparities under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Role of Judicial Discretion and Mandatory Minimums (PDF, 50 pp.) Joshua B. Fischman, Max M. Schanzenbach, July 2012
National Sentencing Policy Institute 2012 - Materials
Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences (PDF, 61 pp.) Sonja B. Starr, M.Marit Rehavi, University of Michigan Law School, Program in Law & Economics Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 12-002, May 7, 2012
Racial Disparity in the Wake of Booker/Fanfan―Making Sense of “Messy” Results and Other Challenges for Sentencing Research (PDF, 11 pp.) Rodney Engen, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
Racial Disparity in the Wake of the Booker/Fanfan Decision―An Alternative Analysis to the USSC’s
2010 Report (PDF, 42 pp.) Jeffery T. Ulmer, Michael T. Light, John H. Kramer, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
Racial Disparity Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Pre- and Post-Booker―Lessons not Learned from Research on the Death Penalty (PDF, 10 pp.) Raymond Paternoster, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
Statement of Chief United States Circuit Judge Theodore Mckee, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on Behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on Criminal Law, Before the United States Sentencing Commission, Public Hearing on Federal Sentencing Options After Booker, February 16, 2012 (PDF, 24 pp.) Theodore Mckee
Unwarranted Disparity in the Wake of the Booker/Fanfan Decision―Implications for Research and Policy (PDF, 9 pp.) Cassia Spohn, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2011
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Principles of Evidence-Based Practices in Sentencing (Part I)
Materials:
Community Corrections: Research and Best Practices―What are Criminogenic Needs and Why are They Important? (PDF, 2 pp.) Edward. Latessa, Christopher, Lowenkamp, Ohio Judicial Conference, For the Record, 4th Quarter 2005
The Construction and Validation of the Federal Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) (PDF, 32 pp.) James L. Johnson, Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Scott W. VanBenschoten, Charles R. Robinson, Federal Probation, Special Issue: Evidence-Based Practices in Action, September, 2011
The Evolution of Community Supervision Practice: The Transformation from Case Manager to Change Agent (PDF, 21 pp.) Guy Bourgon, Leticia Gutierrez, Jennifer Ashton, Irish Probation Journal, Volume 8, October 2011
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Corrections: The Principles of Effective Intervention (PDF, 19 pp.) Brad Bogue, et al., Crime and Justice Institute
An Overview of the Federal Post Conviction Risk Assessment, September 2011 (PDF, 18 pp.) Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services
A Random Study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): Using Core Correctional Practices in Probation Interactions (PDF, 22 pp.) Charles R. Robinson, Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Alexander M. Holsinger, Scott VanBenschoten, Melissa Alexander, J.C. Oleson, Journal of Crime and Justice, 2012, 1–22
The Role of Offender Risk Assessment: A Policy Maker Guide (PDF, 18 pp.) Edward J. Latessa, Brian Lovins, Victims & Offenders, Volume 5, No. 3, 203 — 219, 2010
National Sentencing Policy Institute 2012 - Materials
2:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Sentencing (Part II)
Materials:
Actuarial Sentencing: An “Unsettled” Proposition (PDF, 48 pp.) Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Prepared for the Symposium on Sentencing, SUNY at Albany, September 2010
Evidence-Based Sentencing: The Science of Sentencing Policy and Practice (PDF, 35 pp.) Richard E. Redding, Chapman Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 1, No. 1, 2009
Follow the Evidence: Integrate Risk Assessment into Sentencing (PDF, 4 pp.) Jordan M. Hyatt, Mark H. Bergstrom, Steven L. Chanenson, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 4, April 2011
Malenchik v. Indiana, Amicus Brief of the Indiana Judicial Center, No. 79S02-0908-CR-365 (Indiana Supreme Court) (PDF, 19 pp.)
Malenchik v. Indiana, No. 79S02-0908-CR-365 (Indiana Supreme Court) Filed June 9, 2010 (PDF, 15 pp.)
Risk Technology in Sentencing: Testing the Promises and Perils (Commentary on Hannah-Moffat, 2010) Jennifer Skeem (PDF, 7 pp.)
Using Offender Risk and Needs Assessment Information at Sentencing: Guidance for Courts from a National Working Group (PDF, 58 pp.) Pamela M. Casey, Roger K. Warren, Jennifer K. Elek, National Center for State Courts, 2011
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Discussion of Sentencing Scenarios
Materials:
Audience Response―Sentencing Scenario #1 (PD, 2 pp.)
Audience Response―Sentencing Scenario #2 (PDF, 3 pp.)
8:30 – 9:45a.m.
Meet the Members of the U. S. Sentencing Commission
Materials:
Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines (Reader Friendly Version) April 30, 2012 (PDF, 51 pp.) U.S. Sentencing Commission
Prepared Testimony of Judge Patti B. Saris, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommitee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, October 12, 2011 (PDF, 89 pp.)
Quick Data Facts―National Data: Final FY2011 (PDF, 1 pp.) U.S. Sentencing Commission
National Sentencing Policy Institute 2012 - Materials
Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts, Notice of Final Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2013 (August 23, 2012) (PDF, 5 pp.) U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. Sentencing Commission Preliminary Quarterly Data Report, Second Quarter Release, Preliminary Fiscal Year 2012 Data, Through March 31, 2012 (PDF, 70 pp.) U.S. Sentencing Commission
10:00 – 11:15a.m.
Update From The Federal Bureau of Prisons
Materials:
About the Federal Bureau of Prisons (PDF, 12 pp.) Federal Bureau of Prisons, September 2012
BOP Inmate Population and Rated Capacity 1997-2012 (PDF, 1 pp.) Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2012
Bureau of Prisons: Growing Inmate Crowding Negatively Affects Inmates, Staff, and Infrastructure, A Report to Congressional Requesters, September 2012 (PDF, 92 pp.) U.S. Government Accountability Office
Bureau of Prisons Overview (PDF, 1 pp.) Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2012
Coming Full Circle (PDF 5 pp.) Jan Hynson, NCIA News, Fall 2012, Reentry Success: When Correction Industries Makes the Difference
Discover UNICOR (PDF, 14 pp.) Federal Prison Industries, Inc., New Business Brochure
Expectations, Memorandum for all Inmates, January 27, 2012 (PDF, 2 pp.) Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons
FPI Program Highlights (PDF, 3 pp.) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 2012
Inmate Reentry Skills (PDF, 1 pp.) Inmate Skills Development Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, June 2009
Inmate to Staff Ratio by Fiscal Year, 1997-2013 projected (PDF, 1 pp.) Federal Bureau of Prisons
Memphis FCI Data, August 2012 (PDF, 2 pp.) Federal Bureau of Prisons
Revised Guidance for Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Placements, Memorandum For Chief Executive Officers, June 24, 2010 (PDF, 6 pp.) Assistant Director, Correctional Programs Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Wednesday |
October 3, 2010 |
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sentencing: What Psychology Tells us about its Impact on the Judge
Materials:
Angry Judges (PDF, 80 pp.) Terry A. Maroney, Vanderbilt Law Review Vol. 65, 2012
National Sentencing Policy Institute 2012 - Materials
Confessions of an Angry Judge (PDF, 3 pp.) Gregory C. O'Brien, Jr., Judicature, Volume 87, Number 5 March-April 2004
Cover Story: Heartstrings or Heartburn: A Federal Judge's Musings on Defendants' Right and Rite of Allocution (PDF, 6 pp.) Mark W. Bennett, 35 Champion 26 (March 2011) National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Inc.
Emotional Regulation and Judicial Behavior (PDF, 72 pp.) Terry A. Maroney, California Law Review, Vol. 99: 1485 (2011)
Judge Who Had ‘No Passion for Punishment’ Retires After 31 Years (PDF, 4 pp.) Del Quentin Wilber,
Washington Post, June 1, 2012
A Judge’s Education, a Sentence at a Time (PDF, 8 pp.) Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, October 7, 2011
The Persistent Cultural Script of Judicial Dispassion (PDF, 54 pp.) Terry A. Maroney, California Law Review, Vol. 99: 629 (2011)
9:45 – 11:00 a.m.
What Social Science Offers the Sentencing Judge when Sentencing Offenders Convicted of Child Pornography
Materials:
Child Pornography Sentencing Scenario (PDF, 3 pp.)
Contact Sexual Offending by Men With Online Sexual Offenses (PDF, 124 pp.) Michael C. Seto, R. Karl Hanson, Kelly M. Babchishin, Sex Abuse, Vol. 23: 124 (2011)
Forensic Use of Actuarial Risk Assessment with Sex Offenders: Accuracy, Admissibility and Accountability (PDF 59 pp.) Eric S. Janus, Robert A. Prentky, American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 40: 1443 (2003)
Predicting Hands-on Child Sexual Offenses Among Possessors of Internet Child Pornography (PDF, 30 pp.) Austin F. Lee, Nien-Chen Li, Raina Lamade, Ann Schuler, Robert A. Prentky, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication. (April 16, 2012)
Sexual Predator Laws: A Two-Decade Retrospective (PDF, 9 pp.) Eric S. Janus, Robert A. Prentky,
Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 21, No. 2, December 2008
Sexually Violent Predators in the Courtroom: Science on Trial (PDF, 38 pp.) Robert A. Prentky, Eric Janus, Howard Barbaree, Barbara K. Schwartz, Martin P. Kafka, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. APA Proofs (2006)
