@article{1667a19aac4648bbad7db705addf56dd,
title = "The focal concerns of sentencing and mandatory sentencing laws: circumvention in the context of mandatory probation and treatment",
author = "Don Stemen and Rengifo, {Andres F.} and Ethan Amidon",
note = "This study examines courtroom actors' motivations for circumventing Kansas' Senate Bill 123, which created a mandatory probation/treatment sentence for felony drug possession. Building on the focal concerns perspective, the study explores whether the focal concerns traditionally expressed in sentencing decisions - defendant blameworthiness and dangerousness - applied in the context of a mandatory probation/treatment law.",
year = "2015",
month = apr,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1080/0735648X.2014.883573",
language = "American English",
volume = "38",
journal = "Journal of Criminal Justice",
number = "2",
}