Title: Wisconsin. Supreme Court: Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1984

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Supreme Court

Call Number: Series 2373

Quantity: 4.2 c.f. (11 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Subject file relating to the activities of the Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Committee. The Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Committee was the precursor to the Sentencing Commission. Its function was to establish Wisconsin sentencing guidelines for felony offenses, articulate clear procedures and practices for sentencing outside the guidelines, develop preliminary implementation procedures, and suggest a methodology for incorporating sentences imposed outside of the guidelines into subsequent and refined guidelines. The program was implemented in four phases. In the first phase, project staff collected and analyzed data, developed data models and developed matrices to examine and provide guidelines for robbery, armed robbery, burglary, and first degree sexual assault. In the second phase, staff continued the activities of the first phase and started working toward developing guidelines for the remaining felonies. Staff also provided one day training sessions for parole officers, judges, district attorneys, and public defenders in Milwaukee, Dane, La Crosse and Waushara counties. In phase three, staff continued the activities of phase one and two, expanded training, and started the completion of the final report. In phase four, staff continued data collection and analysis, expanded training and distribution of guidelines, and completed the final report. The committee completed these activities by administering grants from the Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice to the Wisconsin Center for Public Policy.

Language: English

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The records include a relatively complete set of correspondence and meeting minutes as well as sentencing guidelines scoresheets. Correspondence and meeting minutes include supporting material that documents how matrices and guidelines were developed. The scoresheets include information on individual felonies and sentences received providing a baseline of data for felony sentencing in Wisconsin. The final reports include information on their research methodology and recommendations for sentencing guidelines and procedures.

Alphabetical by types of records and topical areas.

Wisconsin. Sentencing Commission: Meeting Minutes, 1984-1995 (Series 2261)

Wisconsin. Sentencing Commission: Felony sentencing database [computer file], 1985-[ongoing]

Processing Information

Processed by Tim Spindler, 1996.

Box   1 Folder   1	Articles/reprints regarding sentencing guidelines, 1982-83
Box   1 Folder   2	Beilfuss, Chief Justice Bruce F. letter, 7/1/1981
Box   1 Folder   3	Committee response, 1983
Box   1 Folder   4	Confidentiality and PSI, 1981
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   5	1980
Box   1 Folder   6	1981, Jan.-June
Box   1 Folder   7	1981, July-Dec.
Box   1 Folder   8	1982, Jan.-June
Box   2 Folder   1	1982, July-Dec.
Box   2 Folder   2	1983
Box   2 Folder   3	Correspondence in support of Sentencing Guidelines Petition, 1983 January
Box   2 Folder   4	Crane Commission correspondence, 1980
Box   2 Folder   5	Form revisions, 1981
Box   2 Folder   6	Human Services Committee Testimony report, 3/15/1982
Box   2 Folder   7	Iowa Risk Assessment Report, 1980
Box   2 Folder   8	Judgement Conviction forms, 1982
Box   2 Folder   9	Justice day, 1981
Box   2 Folder   10	Legislative Fiscal Estimates, 1984
Box   2 Folder   11	Matrix revisions, 1982
	Meeting minutes
Box   2 Folder   12	10/31/1980
Box   2 Folder   13	2/27/1981
Box   3 Folder   1	3/27/1981
Box   3 Folder   2	4/24/1981
Box   3 Folder   3	5/29/1981
Box   3 Folder   4	6/26/1981
Box   3 Folder   5	9/18/1981
Box   3 Folder   6	10/30/1981
Box   3 Folder   7	1/29/1981
Box   3 Folder   8	5/28/1982
Box   3 Folder   9	7/30/1982
Box   3 Folder   10	9/10/1982
Box   4 Folder   1	9/17/1982
Box   4 Folder   2	10/1/1982
Box   4 Folder   3	10/29/1982
Box   4 Folder   4	2/25/1983
Box   4 Folder   5	4/29/1983
Box   4 Folder   6	Missing forms, 1982
Box   4 Folder   7	Mitre Corp. correspondence, 1978
Box   4 Folder   8	Newspaper articles, Wisconsin, 1981-83
Box   4 Folder   9	Parole Board Report on Sentencing Guidelines, undated
Box   4 Folder   10	Petition & Report, 1/31/1983
	Phase I
Box   5 Folder   1	Grant application, 1980
Box   5 Folder   2	Progress reports, 1981
Box   5 Folder   3	Quarterly reports, 1980
Box   5 Folder   4	RFP & winning proposal, 1980
Box   5 Folder   5	RFP, 1981
	Phase II
Box   5 Folder   6	$30,000 grant, 1981
Box   5 Folder   7	$65,000 grant, 1981
Box   5 Folder   8	Correspondence, 1981-82
Box   5 Folder   9	Frequencies, 7/15/81-7/31/82
Box   5 Folder   10	Staffing for training grant, 1981
Box   5 Folder   11	Statistics, 6/4/82
Box   5 Folder   12	Training correspondence, 1981
	Phase III
Box   6 Folder   1	Monthly payments, 1982
Box   6 Folder   2	Progress reports, 1982
Box   6 Folder   3	Research proposal, 1981
	Phase IV
Box   6 Folder   4	Development & distribution of 1983 forms
Box   6 Folder   5	Training, 1983
Box   6 Folder   6	Probation Agent Training, 1982
Box   6 Folder   7	Progress reports, 1980-82
Box   6 Folder   8	Project Correspondence, 1980-81
Box   6 Folder   9	Racine County material, 1982
Box   7 Folder   1	Report, 12/15/1982
Box   7 Folder   2	Research Memorandums: 9 month report on, 1983
Box   7 Folder   3	Sentencing guidelines forms for 1982
Box   7 Folder   4	Sentencing Guidelines Report appendices, 1981
	Sentencing guidelines scoresheets, 1981-83
Box   7 Folder   5	1-100
Box   7 Folder   6	101-200
Box   7 Folder   7	201-300
Box   7 Folder   8	301-400
Box   7 Folder   9	401-500
Box   8 Folder   1	501-600
Box   8 Folder   2	601-700
Box   8 Folder   3	701-800
Box   8 Folder   4	801-900
Box   8 Folder   5	901-1000
Box   8 Folder   6	1001-1100
Box   8 Folder   7	1101-1253
Box   8 Folder   8	1572-1753 (incomplete numbering sequence)
Box   9 Folder   1	Need agents, 1982-83
Box   9 Folder   2	Need work, 1982-83
Box   9 Folder   3-4	Not numbered, 1983
Box   9 Folder   5	Voided sheets, 1981
Box   9 Folder   6	Sentencing project, 1977
Box   9 Folder   7	Sexual assault matrix, 1981-82
	Statistics
Box   9 Folder   8	1978
Box   9 Folder   9	1981-82
Box   9 Folder   10	Supreme court hearing, 6/7/1983
Box   9 Folder   11	Thank you letters regarding sentencing guidelines support, 1982-83
Box   10 Folder   1	Thompson, Sen. Carl correspondence, 1981
	Training materials
Box   10 Folder   2	Eau Claire, Marathon, & Winnebago Counties, 1981
Box   10 Folder   3	Eau Claire, Wausau & Oshkosh, 1981
Box   10 Folder   4	Training session attendees, 4 counties, 1981
	Wisconsin Felony Sentencing Guidelines
	Final Report (Phase I and III)
Box   10 Folder   5	pp. 1-235, 1982
Box   10 Folder   6	pp. 236-462, 1982
Box   10 Folder   7	Phase I of Research and Development, 1981
Box   10 Folder   8	Test manual (Phase I), 7/15/1981
Box   11 Folder   1	Training manual (Phase II), 1/1/1982, v. 1
Box   11 Folder   2	Training manual, 1983
	Wisconsin Sentencing Guidelines
Box   11 Folder   3	Proposal, 1980
Box   11 Folder   4	Training manual, undated