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Introduction: Prior Record Sentencing Enhancements In Context -- Retributive Perspectives On An Offender's Criminal Or Crime-free Past -- Prior Record And The Risk Of Recidivism -- What Other Factors Indicate High Or Low Recidivism Risk? -- Are Record-based Enhancements A Cost-effective And Fair Way To Reduce Crime? -- The Effects Of Prior Convictions On Sentence Severity / Co-author Rhys Hester -- Adverse Impacts On Offense-based Proportionality And Prison-use Priorities / Co-author Rhys Hester -- Disproportionate Impacts On Minority Offenders / Co-author Rhys Hester -- Impacts Of Criminal History Enhancements On Prison Bed Needs And Costs / Co-author Rhys Hester -- The Long Arm Of The Law: Look-back Provisions -- Problematic Components Found In Many Criminal History Formulas -- The Model Regime -- Appendix A: Representative Criminal History Provisions In U.s. Guidelines -- Appendix B: Representative Provisions From Other Common Law Systems -- Appendix C: Some Offender Groups That May Require Special Treatment. Richard S. Frase And Julian V. Roberts. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.