Sentencing Add-Ons and Implications for Disparities in a Guidelines State
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 pri...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2022
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Crime & delinquency
Año: 2022, Volumen: 68, Número: 9, Páginas: 1538-1578 |
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-387X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00111287211047539 |