AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Drug Court, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: mauney

Document Summary

Which jurisdiction? (johnson et. al; dzhokhar case) do things turn out differently depending on which level of court the case is reviewed. Put people in specialized courts for drug addiction, may need rehabilitation. Gottfredon suggests 2 theories on how this might work. Two theories are: life course and procedural justice theory. Life course - they take in consideration of everything that has happened to you in your life led you to use drugs. Procedural justice - how much time you are spending in networks. Give them these networks help develop more, move away from drugs. Or they treat them so well that they are willing to stop with drugs. Looking at is there consistency in the results of the courts. How could it be that given the strict sentencing schemes, we get inconsistent outcomes. Downward departures is a legal mechanism to allow a judge to sentence outside the guidelines. Two kidna of downward departure, first by the prosecutor.