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Words matter: judges' value judgments in sentence pronouncements remarks.

This study examines judges' value judgments on their remarks during sentence pronouncements. We performed a content analysis of 93 sentence pronouncements from the 13 judges from a Portuguese criminal court. Within these discourses, 299 discourse units were codified as judges' value judgments, that...

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Published in:Crime, Law & Social Change Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 455 - 478
Main Authors: de Castro Rodrigues, Andreia, Cunha, Olga S., de Oliveira, Jorge Q., Gonçalves, Rui A., Sacau-Fontenla, Ana
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Nov2023
Subjects:
Judges
Criminal courts
Justice administration
Content analysis
Portuguese language
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost