| U.S. Sentencing Commission - Year In Review | |||
| Sentencing Policy | |||
| Data and Research | |||
| Training, Education, and Public Information | |||
| Changes in Commission Membership | |||
| Chapter One - Commission Overview | |||
| Introduction | |||
| A Brief History of Federal Sentencing Reform | |||
| Agency Overview | |||
| Commissioners | |||
| Organization | |||
| Staffing | |||
| Budget and Expenditures | |||
| Chapter Two - The Sentencing Guidelines | |||
| Guideline Amendments | |||
| Introduction | |||
| Amendments Promulgated | |||
| Assistance to Congress | |||
| Other Policy Initiatives | |||
| Cocaine Sentencing Policy | |||
| Money Laundering Sentencing Policy | |||
| Economic Crimes Guidelines | |||
| Chapter Three - Legal Issues | |||
| Introduction | |||
| U.S. Supreme Court Decisions | |||
| Decisions on Guideline Sentencing Issues | |||
| Acquitted Conduct | |||
| Consecutive Sentence Requirement Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) | |||
| Career Offender Guideline | |||
| Certiorari Granted | |||
| Decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals | |||
| Post-Koon Appellate Departure Decisions | |||
| The "Safety Valve" | |||
| Chapter Four - Guideline Training and Education | |||
| Internet Web Site | |||
| Public Information | |||
| Publications and Training Materials | |||
| Training | |||
| Training New Appointees | |||
| Defense Attorney Training Initiative | |||
| District-Based Guideline Education | |||
| "High-Tech" Approaches to Training | |||
| HelpLine | |||
| Calls Received in 1997 | |||
| Temporary Assignment Programs | |||
| Presentations | |||
| Chapter Five - Research | |||
| Statutory Requirements | |||
| Data Collection | |||
| Data Collection Issues | |||
| Summary of 1997 Findings | |||
| Sentencing Individual Offenders | |||
| Offender Characteristics | |||
| Guideline Cases | |||
| Guideline Application | |||
| Departures and Sentences Within the Guideline Range | |||
| Drug Cases | |||
| Immigration Cases | |||
| Summary | |||
| Organizational Sentencing Practices | |||
| Offense Characteristics | |||
| Offender Characteristics | |||
| Sanctions Imposed | |||
| Significant Case Law | |||
| Appeals Data | |||
| Summary of Information Received | |||
| Issues and Guidelines Appealed | |||
| Offense and Offender Characteristics | |||
| Research Studies | |||
| Departure Issues | |||
| Substantial Assistance Departures | |||
| Departures After Koon vs. U.S. | |||
| Disparity Issues | |||
| Advisory Panel on Disparity Research | |||
| Inter-Judge Disparity | |||
| Race and Gender Sentencing Disparity | |||
| Disparity Issues in the Circuit Courts | |||
| Intensive Study Sample | |||
| Research Presentations at the Annual ASC Meeting | |||
| Data Enhancement and Promotion | |||
| Prison Impact Assessment | |||
| Data Analyses for the Courts | |||
| Appendix A - Data Collection Issues | |||
| Assessing the Completeness of Commission Case Receipt | |||
| Changes in the Number of Defendants in 1997 | |||
| Characteristics of Cases Received After the District Submission Request | |||
| Assessing the Completeness and Representativeness of the Commission's Datafile | |||