RT Article
T1 Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing Outcomes: Clarifying the Role of Criminal History
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 1
SP 3
OP 32
A1 Franklin, Travis William
A1 Henry, Tri Keah S.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1684049474
AB Racial and ethnic sentencing disparities are frequently conditioned by offender and case characteristics (e.g., gender, crime type). Offenders' criminal history is a potentially important conditioning factor, yet this issue has only been addressed by a small body of research. Moreover, no study has examined this potential conditioning effect among Asian or Native American offenders, and prior research has typically adopted a limited theoretical approach for explaining why criminal history might condition racial disparities. The present study addresses these shortcomings in an analysis of United States Sentencing Commission data for fiscal years 2010-2012. Results indicate that race and ethnicity effects are conditioned by criminal history in important ways. Implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed.
K1 Sentencing
K1 Disparity
K1 Race
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Criminal history
DO 10.1177/0011128719828353