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

Disentangling the criminal record: dimensions of criminal history at sentencing - Martin Košatka, Charles University, Faculty of Law

Judges perceptions on Specific Deterrence and Criminal Sentencing Practices - Stacy C Moak, University of Alabama Birmingham; 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)

The role of conscience of guilt, remorse and apologies in sentencing - Maartje Verdickt, University of Antwerp

Victim personal statements: investigating their impact on judges’ decisions about guilt and sentencing - Joyce Schot, Leiden University; Maarten Kunst, Leiden University; Janne van Doorn, Leiden University; Jan de Keijser, Leiden University

Judicial Conceptualizations of Justice and Just Punishment: An Empirical Study of Polish Criminal Court Judges - Dominik Wzorek, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences