...Emily M. Homer; George E. Higgins Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the federal sentencing of organizational probation for environmental offenders using the focal concerns. Those organizations that are more blameworthy should be sentenced to longer probation terms. However...

... the US Sentencing Guidelines. This paper will also use the focal concerns framework to measure organizational blameworthiness. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses secondary data from federal sentencing documents, collected by the US Sentencing Commission, for cases that were adjudicated...