In fact, there are three different types of sentencing guidelines in countries of Anglo-American law system: American numeric sentencing guidelines, English narrative sentencing guidelines and Australian informational sentencing guidelines.

• 实际上，在英美法系领域，产生了三种不同模式的量刑指南制度：美国数量化量刑指南、英国论理式量刑指南和澳大利亚信息化量刑指南。