To help you approach your readings for this week, you were given several reading questions. In this discussion, you’ll choose one of those questions, and address how it is answered throughout the readings for the lesson. As you answer, be sure to cite the readings and authors as you address the question. Sources will come from the lesson. Please see attached readings To complete this discussion: Address one of the following questions in a post to the discussion forum. You are encouraged to answer from an academic point of view (lecture and readings) as well as your own personal or professional experience. There is no length requirement, but the writing should be enough to fully explain your thoughts. 1. What does Bushway and Forsts article mean by Type A discretion? What is meant by Type B discretion? 2. What is the importance of earlier prosecutorial discretionary decisions for studying sentencing decisions and discretion? Compare and contrast Bushway and Forsts and Ulmers discussions of this question.3. What does unwarranted sentencing disparity mean? What kinds of sentencing disparities have been commonly studied? What can we say in general about the findings of this research? 4. In what ways has research shown that local socio-political and organizational contexts of courts influence sentencing and sentencing disparities? 5. What is risk assessment and what are some current policy ideas about considering it at sentencing?
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