by sentrix-admin | May 25, 2026 | News, Sentencing Forum, upcoming
You are welcome to join us at our fourth forum, Shadowing sentencing work, which will take place on Wednesday, 27 May from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CET. The “Shadowing Sentencing Work” edition of the Sentencing Forum turns its attention to the practice of close observation:...
by sentrix-admin | Apr 30, 2026 | News, Sentencing Forum
The last Sentencing Forum brought together me and Nicole Bögelein from the University of Cologne to discuss something that sits at the heart of much sentencing research: what actually happens when you try to study sentencing by talking to the people who do it. What...
by sentrix-admin | Apr 16, 2026 | News, reflections
In March, while on a research visit in Prague, Jakub Drapál was kind enough to take us to court. Luckily, this was literally, not figuratively. Despite studying sentencing for a living, a lot of my understanding is acquired through the mediated lens of court files and...
by sentrix-admin | Apr 9, 2026 | News, Sentencing Forum, upcoming
You are welcome to join us at our third forum, Talking to Sentencers, which will take place on Wednesday, 15 April from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CET. Talking to Sentencers explores interviews and focus groups as ways of studying sentencing through the accounts of judges and...
by sentrix-admin | Apr 9, 2026 | News, reflections
In the Sentrix project, we pursue an ambitious goal: to create a map of sentencing, to sketch a representation of a terrain far more intricate than it first appears. Sentencing is not a tidy territory; it is dense, uneven, and alive. It includes statutory rules,...
