Abstract
A familiar but little studied area of criminal justice is that of pardons. Using data from the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, the decision-making process is examined to determine the degree of correspondence between the board’s recommendation and the governor’s decision to grant or deny a pardon. Included in the analysis is an assessment of the relative impact of legal and extra-legal variables on the decision-making process. The paper concludes with a discussion on the dynamics of the process, including why some individuals are more likely than others to be granted a pardon, and the implications the findings have for both policy and theory development.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-65 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Law and Policy |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Sociology and Political Science
- Law