RT Article
T1 Defining Sentence Type : Further Evidence against Use of the Total Incarceration Variable
JF Journal of research in crime and delinquency
VO 44
IS 1
SP 36
OP 63
A1 Harrington, Michael P.
A1 Spohn, Cassia
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640351094
AB The effect of legal and extralegal factors on felony sentence outcomes has been widely studied, typically using a total incarceration variable that defines sentence outcomes as incarceration or probation. Research conducted by Holleran and Spohn has called this into question, revealing that factors that affected jail sentences were different than those that affected prison sentences and demonstrating that the conclusions one would draw regarding the influence of extralegal offender characteristics such as race and ethnicity differ depending on the way in which sentence was defined. The authors replicate and extend the research conducted by Holleran and Spohn, using several operational definitions of the decision to incarcerate or not, focusing on sentence outcomes for offenders convicted of felonies in a jurisdiction with an indeterminate sentencing system. Results provide compelling evidence in support of Holleran and Spohn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
K1 Strafzumessung
K1 Freiheitsstrafe
K1 Rasse
K1 Justizvollzugsanstalt
K1 Zuchthaus
K1 USA
DO 10.1177/0022427806295001