- The Commission promulgates guidelines that judges consult when sentencing federal offenders. When the guidelines are amended, a subsequent Guidelines Manual is published.
- In this section, you will find the Commission’s comprehensive archive of yearly amendments and Guidelines Manuals dating back to 1987.
Primers
- Aggravating and Mitigating Role Adjustments (May 2020)
- Antitrust (June 2020)
- Categorical Approach (June 2020)
- Commercial Sex Acts and Sexual Abuse of a Minor (May 2020)
- Crime Victims' Rights (April 2020)
- Criminal History (June 2020)
- Departures and Variances (March 2020)
- Drugs (June 2020)
- Economic Crime Victims (March 2020)
- Federal Sentencing: The Basics (September 2020)
- Fines Under the Organizational Guidelines (March 2020)
- Firearms (May 2020)
- Immigration (June 2020)
- Intellectual Property (May 2020)
- Loss Calculation (March 2020)
- Relevant Conduct (March 2020)
- Retroactivity (May 2020)
- RICO (March 2020)
- Selected Offenses Against the Person and VICAR (August 2020)
- Sexual Abuse and Failure to Register Offenses (May 2020)
- Supervised Release (June 2020)