An ongoing compilation of information that federal district judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference. The Bench Book contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, model sentencing forms, standard voir dire questions, and oaths.

A summary, in outline form, of the statutes' various provisions, emphasizing provisions dealing with bail and youth offenders; changes affecting fines, forfeitures and special assessments; and changes regarding offenders with mental diseases or defects.

A collection of decisions on procedural problems arising in criminal trials, from material originally presented at Center seminars for newly appointed district judges.

A discussion of specific ways in which prosecutorial influence over sentences might be affected by sentencing guideline systems debated in Congress. The first volume contains the body of the report, with analyses and conclusions; the second is a technical supplement.