Socio-legal Aspects of Sentencing

Panel of CSU, Chico Faculty 

Dr. Jonathan Caudill 
Dr. Michael Coyle 
Dr. Alan Gibson 
Dr. Darin Haerle 
Dr. Doris Schartmueller 
Dr. Sarah Smith 

This presentation is part of a series of events related to CSU, Chico’s 2015-2016 Book in Common, “Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson, which focuses on prisoners and criminal justice issues. Six CSU, Chico professors approach the subject from six different perspectives: Criminal Continuity among Homicide Offenders (Dr. Caudill); Sentencing in the Age of the Prison Industrial Complex (Dr. Coyle); The Constitutional Roadblock to a Moratorium on the Death Penalty (Dr. Gibson), Adultification – Sentencing Youth into Adulthood (Dr. Darin Haerle); The U.S. Supreme Court and Major Sentencing Decisions (Dr. Schartmueller); and Patriarchy, Paternalism, or Just Plain Punishment? (Dr. Smith). 

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Recorded: October 26, 2015