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Autor:
Michael T Light, Karl Vachuska
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 8, p e0308105 (2024)
Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White Americans increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the US experienced the largest increase in homicide on record. Yet, little research has examined the contri
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https://doaj.org/article/8668813de88340eea1020d94d95b898c
Autor:
Michael T. Light, John Iceland
Publikováno v:
Sociological Science, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 61-84 (2016)
How the influx of Hispanics is reshaping the U.S. racial landscape is a paramount question in sociology. While previous research has noted the significant differences in Hispanics’ racial identifications from place to place, there are comparatively
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https://doaj.org/article/cf7e022c93ef4c688e2ea2093cf01841
Autor:
Michael T. Light
Publikováno v:
Social Forces. 100:1110-1141
Racial inequality in sentencing has decreased substantially over the last decade. In 2009, the average sentencing difference between black and white defendants in federal court was nearly 3 yrs. By 2018, this difference was less than 6 mos. Among dru
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Significance Despite its centrality to public and political discourse, we lack even basic information on fundamental questions regarding undocumented immigrants and crime. This stems largely from data constraints. Going beyond existing research, we u
Autor:
Hilde Wermink, Michael T. Light
Publikováno v:
European Sociological Review
European Sociological Review, 37(1), 104-120
European Sociological Review, 37(1), 104-120
Foreign nationals are increasingly encountering the criminal justice institutions of many European countries. Yet, basic questions about how they are punished within these institutions, particularly at the early stages of case processing, remain unan
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Sociology. 125:485-533
How courts make decisions during national emergencies has been a key focus of legal scholarship, yet we know comparatively little about how courts respond to national crises in one of their core fu...
Autor:
Julia T. Thomas, Michael T. Light
Publikováno v:
American Sociological Review. 84:690-725
Despite marked declines in black-white segregation over the past half century, there has been limited scholarly attention to the effects of increasing integration. This is a significant omission given that sociologists have long viewed residential se
Autor:
Michael T. Light, Ryan D. King
Publikováno v:
Crime and Justice. 48:365-437
Blacks and Hispanics convicted of felonies are more likely than whites to receive prison sentences for their crimes, and they receive slightly longer sentences if imprisoned. Yet the majori...
Autor:
Michael T. Light, Julia T. Thomas
Publikováno v:
Soc Sci Res
Unauthorized immigration, already a divisive and controversial subject in American society, was reframed as a grave national security threat after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Yet, despite substantial public, political and policy attentio
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c36749b621428dbee2d59bd541b62a0b
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7926034/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7926034/
Autor:
Michael T. Light, Ty Miller
Publikováno v:
Criminology. 56:370-401
Despite substantial public, political, and scholarly attention to the issue of immigration and crime, we know little about the criminological consequences of undocumented immigration. As a result, fundamental questions about whether undocumented immi