| Autor: |
John, Cassia, Spohn, Susan, Welch, Gruhl |
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Law & Society Review; Oct1981, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p71-88, 18p |
| Abstrakt: |
Although the possible effect of race on sentencing decisions is a much-studied question, even recent studies suffer from methodological problems. This paper attempts to correct these problems by using a large number of cases and a large number of offenses, by dividing the sentencing decision into two separate decisions, by using an appropriate scale to measure sentence severity, by including controls for relevant legal and extra-legal factors, and by using multivariate analysis. Our major findings are that race does not have a direct effect on sentence severity, but that blacks are more likely than whites to be incarcerated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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