| U.S. Sentencing Commission - Year In Review | |||
| 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 | |||
| Policy Issues | |||
| Alternatives to Incarceration | |||
| Departures | |||
| Recency | |||
| Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | |||
| Sentencing of Organizations | |||
| Amendment Promulgation Process | |||
| Regional Hearings | |||
| Assistance to Congress | |||
| Chapter Three - Legal Issues | |||
| Introduction | |||
| United States Supreme Court Cases on Sentencing Issues | |||
| Decisions | |||
| Petitions for Certiorari Granted | |||
| Decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals | |||
| Chapter Four - Guideline Training, Education, and Public Affairs | |||
| Training | |||
| Annual National Seminar on Federal Sentencing Guidelines | |||
| Organizational Guidelines Training | |||
| High-Tech Approaches to Training | |||
| HelpLine | |||
| Temporary Assignment Programs | |||
| Internet Website | |||
| Public Information | |||
| Publications and Training Materials | |||
| Chapter Five - Research | |||
| Statutory Requirements | |||
| Document Submission | |||
| Data Collection | |||
| Data Collection Issues | |||
| Summary of 2010 Findings | |||
| Sentencing Individual Offenders | |||
| Offender Characteristics | |||
| How Offenders Were Sentenced | |||
| Guideline Application | |||
| Sentences Within the Guideline Range and Outside the Range | |||
| Immigration Cases | |||
| Drug Cases | |||
| Death Penalty Cases | |||
| Organizational Sentencing Practices | |||
| Offense Characteristics | |||
| Offender Characteristics | |||
| Sanctions Imposed on Organizational Offenders | |||
| Appeals Data | |||
| Summary of Information Received | |||
| Issues and Guidelines Appealed | |||
| Reasonableness | |||
| Overall Offense and Offender Characteristics | |||
| Data on Resentencings and Other Modifications of Sentence | |||
| Summary of Information Received | |||
| Data Analyses for the Courts and Congress | |||