Concept information
Preferred term
truth in sentencing
Definition
- a phrase that conveys the intent to have convicted offenders serve the amount of jail or prison time to which they were sentenced. Truth in sentencing as a philosophy, expressed in numerous state laws enacted in the latter part of the 20th century, was a punitive response to the perception of victims and others that offenders were serving too little of the sentences given in court. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Truth In Sentencing]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/truth_in_sentencing
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