A Comparison of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Criminal History Category and the U.S. Parole Commission Salient Factor Score
The third release in the Research Series on the Recidivism of Federal Offenders describes the empirical foundations of the guidelines’ Chapter Four Cr ... more>>
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Case Return Receipt Form
USSC 8/1/02
Page _____ of _____
CASE RECEIPT/RETURN NOTIFICATION
DISTRICT:___________________________ Date Sent:________/_______/_______ Fax Nu ... more>>
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Rules of Practice and Procedure
RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
United States Sentencing Commission
(As amended August 2007)
PART I – PURPOSE OF RULES; RULES AMENDMENT PROCEDURE ... more>>
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2006 Steroids Report
Prepared by the Steroids Working Group of the United States Sentencing Commission, this report sets forth legislative and guideline history pertaining ... more>>
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Measuring Recidivism: The Criminal History Computation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The first release in the Research Series on the Recidivism of Federal Offenders, this report examines in detail the predictive statistical power of th ... more>>
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Loss Definition Field Testing Report
In the summer of 1998, the Commission worked with the federal judiciary to field-test the Commission's proposed definition of "loss" for use in the th ... more>>
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Survey of Article III Judges Summary Report
The Summary Report provides a judge survey response overview of how federal sentencing guidelines have responded to the goals Congress set forth in th ... more>>
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Report of the United States Sentencing Commission to the Judicial Conference of the United States
This 5-page report updates developments regarding commissioner vacancies and the ongoing work of the agency. more>>
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Staff analysis of the effect of the United States Supreme Court decision in Lopez v. Gonzalez
This paper presents a staff analysis of the effect of the United States Supreme Court decision in Lopez v. Gonzalez on sentencing under Sentencing ... more>>
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Impact of Prior Minor Offenses on Eligibility for Safety Valve
This report provides an analysis of the role of convictions for prior minor offenses in the sentences of federal offenders. It examines the extent to ... more>>
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Analysis of the Impact of the Crack Cocaine Amendment If Made Retroactive
This document provides a Commission staff analysis of the impact of the crack cocaine amendment (Amendment 9) submitted to Congress on May 1, 2007, if ... more>>
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Introduction to the Collection of Individual Offender Data by the United States Sentencing Commission
This report introduces the process the United States Sentencing Commission uses to create its fiscal year individual offender datafiles from documents ... more>>
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Substantial Assistance: An Empirical Yardstick Gauging Equity in Current Federal Policy and Practice
This exploratory research report examines the guidelines' "substantial assistance" policy statement in light of the guidelines' overall statutory goal ... more>>
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West Virginia Northern Federal Sentencing Statistics
* Figure A - Guideline Defendants Sentenced by Primary Offense Category
* Table 1 - Distribution of Guideline Defendants Sentenced by Primary ... more>>
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West Virginia Southern Federal Sentencing Statistics
* Figure A - Guideline Defendants Sentenced by Primary Offense Category
* Table 1 - Distribution of Guideline Defendants Sentenced by Primary ... more>>
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