Similar sentences, similar crimes?: using deep sample analysis to examine the comparability of homicides and punishments by victim-offender relationship

Perspectives in sociology of law and criminology provide theoretical justification for expecting victim-offender relationship to affect sentencing. Screening devices used by court actors may consider factors not directly related to the crime, but grounded in dominant stereotypes about the crime and...

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Authors: Dawson, Myrna (Author) ; Sutton, Danielle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: International journal of law, crime and justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Pages: 58-70
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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