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The Stringency of Sentencing Policy (SSP) Index: Introducing A New Tool to Assess the Relative Severity of National Criminal Sentencing Legislation

Thu, April 23, 1:30 to 3:00pm CDT (1:30 to 3:00pm CDT), TBA

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In this paper, I introduce and test the novel Stringency of Sentencing Policy
(SSP) Index, a new tool that measures relative national criminal sentencing
policy severity without conflating this with the severity of sentencing
outcomes.

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