Title: Critical Sentencing Issues in Criminal Justice

Contents

a) Introduction: Sentencing

b) Goals of Sentencing and different types of sentences

c) The impact of sentencing guidelines

d) The constitutionality of a guideline sentence

e) The effectiveness of a three-strike law

f) The requirement of victim impact statements

g) The imposition/constitutionality of the death penalty

Number of words: 2088 (6.5 pages)