Is the impact of cumulative disadvantage on sentencing greater for black defendants?

We examined race-group differences in the effects of how felony defendants are treated at earlier decision points in case processing on case outcomes. Multilevel analyses of 3,459 defendants nested within 123 prosecutors and 34 judges in a large, northern U.S. jurisdiction revealed significant main...

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Authors: Wooldredge, John (Author) ; Frank, James (Author) ; Goulette, Natalie (Author) ; Travis III, Lawrence F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2015, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-223
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Sentencing disparity
Cumulative disadvantage
Bail
Pretrial detention
Kaution
Bestrafung
Strafermessung
Strafungleichheit
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