Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Courts and Sentencing and Penal Decision Making (Sentencing and Penal Decisionmaking WG)

Dominik Wzorek, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Class in the Courtroom: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Sentencing Decisions through the Stereotype Content Model - Ronen Shehman, University of Haifa; Avital Mentovich, University of Haifa; Orna Rabinovich-Einy, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

Culture, conscience of guilt and sentencing - Ellen Vandennieuwenhuysen, University of Antwerp; Maartje Verdickt, University of Antwerp

“Law all the way down”? A study about non-standardized, extra-legal parameters in sentencing behavior - Nina Kaiser, Hans Gross Centre for Interdisciplinary Criminal Sciences (Institute of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Criminology, University of Graz, Austria); Ida Leibetseder, Hans Gross Centre for Interdisciplinary Criminal Sciences (Institute of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Criminology, University of Graz, Austria)

Portuguese Criminal Sentencing and the Principle of Free Evaluation of Evidence - Personal Truth and Consequences - Sara Leitão Moreira, Coimbra Business School

Discretion in action. Judicial experiences. - Dominik Wzorek, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences