RT Article
T1 Older and more recent evidence on racial discrimination in sentencing
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 2
IS 1
SP 29
OP 48
A1 Kempf Leonard, Kimberly
A1 Austin, Roy L.
A2 Austin, Roy L.
LA English
YR 1986
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764277120
AB Examination of previous studies of racial discrimination in sentencing indicates more widespread evidence of discrimination than allowed in three separate reviews by M. J. Hindelang [(1969). J. Crim. Law Criminal. Police Sci. 60: 306–313], J. Hagan [(1975). In The Aldine Crime and Justice Annual , Aldine, Chicago], and G. Kleck [(1981). Am. Social. Rev. 46: 783-805]. It is not the case, as these reviewers suggest, that racial discrimination is a thing of the past, shown almost exclusively for capital offences from the American South, and often supported only because relevant legal variables were not controlled. In addition, analysis of recent (1977) data from a non-Southern state (Pennsylvania) covering noncapital offenses and including recommended controls shows that evidence of racial disparity in sentencing is revealed more clearly when separate analyses are conducted within levels of urbanization. The labeling perspective and conflict theory guide our interpretation.
K1 Sentencing
K1 Racial Discrimination
DO 10.1007/BF01064594