RT Article
T1 Sentencing Departures and Female Defendants: Assessing the Effects of Racial and Ethnic Threat
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 1
SP 59
OP 92
A1 Warren, Patricia Y.
A2 Cochran, Joshua C.
A2 Shields, Ryan T.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1684050901
AB Prior research exploring the effects of racial and ethnic threat has largely focused on the threat posed by minority males, with little attention devoted to understanding how threat accounts for variations in punishment among racial and ethnic female defendants. Using 2003-2012 data from Florida sentencing guidelines, we examine the odds of receiving an upward and downward departure among racial and ethnic females. The results suggest that Black and Latino females sentenced in counties with larger Black populations are more likely to receive an upward departure. However, in counties with larger Latino populations, the likelihood of an upward departure decreases for Blacks and Latinos. In addition, racial and ethnic population sizes do not significantly influence the odds of a downward departure.
K1 Sentencing departures
K1 Racial threat
K1 Gender
DO 10.1177/0011128719839394