What is the Value of Judicial Experience? Exploring Judge Trajectories Using Longitudinal Data

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2022.2051585" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2022.2051585</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2022.2051585" target="_blank" >10.1080/07418825.2022.2051585</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What is the Value of Judicial Experience? Exploring Judge Trajectories Using Longitudinal Data

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Judicial experience is considered essential for the proper functioning of the sentencing system. We investigate how it influences judicial decisions and its role in reducing sentencing disparity. To do so, we analyze all Czech criminal decisions imposed in 2007–2017 using data that includes judge identifiers. This unique feature of our data enables us to measure judges’ experience directly, as the number of criminal cases processed, and to assess patterns in between-judge disparities longitudinally over the course of judges’ careers. We find that experienced judges impose more prison sentences, decide fewer cases via shortened procedure and find fewer defendants guilty. In addition, as judges become more experienced, between-judge disparities reduce across all the outcomes considered. Experience is thus an instrumental factor affecting judicial decisions throughout the criminal process, and one that contributes to greater consistency.

Název v anglickém jazyce

What is the Value of Judicial Experience? Exploring Judge Trajectories Using Longitudinal Data

Popis výsledku anglicky

Judicial experience is considered essential for the proper functioning of the sentencing system. We investigate how it influences judicial decisions and its role in reducing sentencing disparity. To do so, we analyze all Czech criminal decisions imposed in 2007–2017 using data that includes judge identifiers. This unique feature of our data enables us to measure judges’ experience directly, as the number of criminal cases processed, and to assess patterns in between-judge disparities longitudinally over the course of judges’ careers. We find that experienced judges impose more prison sentences, decide fewer cases via shortened procedure and find fewer defendants guilty. In addition, as judges become more experienced, between-judge disparities reduce across all the outcomes considered. Experience is thus an instrumental factor affecting judicial decisions throughout the criminal process, and one that contributes to greater consistency.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-15077S" target="_blank" >GA19-15077S: Rozdíly při ukládání trestů v postkomunistických kontinentálních právních systémech</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Justice Quarterly

ISSN

0741-8825

e-ISSN

1745-9109

Svazek periodika

40

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

30

Strana od-do

211-240

Kód UT WoS článku

000782691900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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