Publisher's Synopsis
After conviction, but before passing sentence, a judge will take into account a range of information about the facts of the offense and the circumstances of the offender. When these matters are in dispute, the facts need to be resolved to an appropriate standard of proof. This volume is concerned with how information is provided for sentencers and how those decisions are made. What should be the proper role of defense and prosecution advocates and the writers of pre-sentence reports?. Should victims have a say in sentencing?. How far should the formal rules of evidence, used during the trial stage, be applied at the sentencing hearing?. This book draws together the collective experience of several different jurisdictions, which have been tackling these questions in different ways.
