A leading text in criminal law, co-authored by leading scholars in the field, draws from extensive sources to present a comprehensive overview of all aspects of criminal sentencing. Online integration with sentencing commissions, thorough treatment of current case law, and provocative notes and questions, stimulate students to consider connections between disparate institutions and examine the purposes and politics of the criminal justice system. The has been updated to include recent developments in sentencing case law and provocative discussions of policy debates across a wide range of topics, including discretion in sentencing, race, death penalty abolition, state sentencing guidelines, second-look policies, the impact of new technologies, drug courts and much more. • Demleitner and Berman are editors of the leading sentencing journal, Federal Sentencing Reporter. Berman is the blog master of the leading sentencing blog, with huge readership. tracks the process that occurs in every criminal sentencing. • Each chapter draws on the guideline-determinate, indeterminate, and capital. , including: • U.S. Supreme Court decisions. • Cases from state high courts, federal appellate courts, and foreign jurisdictions. • Statutes and guidelines provisions. • Reports and data from sentencing commissions and other agencies. , such as the site for the U.S. Sentencing Commissions (www.ussc.gov). students to compare institutions and consider the connections between specific sentencing rules and the purposes and politics of criminal justice, emphasizing the effects of sentencing. (www.sentencingbook.net) provides the Teacher’s Manual—available only electronically on the site— with additional teaching materials to be posted as needed. (www.sentencingbook.com) features longer collections of rules and guidelines, statutes, case studies, recent articles, practice problems, sample exams, and a virtual library. , including (6th Amendment), and (child rape sentencing limits). • Policy debates over • Shifting authority among key actors in with a close study of the North Carolina Racial Justice Act and the emergence of “racial impact statements” about existing systems and proposed legislation ina number of states. , noting stand-still in new states, and the relevance of the ALI MPC project. , the troubled debate over the theory, operation and impact of parole systems, and the “supervised release” that has come to replace traditional parole.