RT Article
T1 Sentencing Add-Ons and Implications for Disparities in a Guidelines State
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 9
SP 1538
OP 1578
A1 Strange, C. Clare
A1 Cochran, Joshua C.
A1 Wooldredge, John
A1 Feldmeyer, Ben
A2 Cochran, Joshua C.
A2 Wooldredge, John
A2 Feldmeyer, Ben
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839616385
AB This study examined whether and how discretionary sentencing add-ons (i.e., secondary charges, victim injury points, firearms/weapons points, drug trafficking enhancements) contribute to disparities. We examined add-ons that increase sentencing points and so contribute to a defendant ?scoring to prison.? We analyzed: (1) the degree to which add-ons explain racial and ethnic disparities in imprisonment (mediation); and (2) whether add-ons are more adverse for minority defendants (moderation). We did not find that add-ons ?explain? racial differences in the use of prison sentences. We did find, however, that some add-ons, particularly those that signal ?dangerousness,? are racially/ethnically disparate in their consequences. The findings raise questions about the role of court discretion in perpetuating racial and ethnic disparities.
K1 Incarceration
K1 Race/ethnicity
K1 Sentencing
DO 10.1177/00111287211047539