Court Workforce Racial Diversity and Racial Justice in Criminal Case Outcomes in the United States, 2000-2005

The purpose of this study was to determine whether workgroup racial composition is related to sentence outcomes generally, and racial differences in sentencing in particular, across federal districts. This collection contains information on federal court district characteristics. Data include inform...

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Main Author: Ward, Geoff (Author)
Contributors: Farrell, Amy (Contributor) ; Rousseau, Danielle (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Case processing
court cases
court system
courtroom proceedings
Courts
district courts
Federal courts
judicial decisions
Justice
labor force
Race
Race relations
Sentencing
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to determine whether workgroup racial composition is related to sentence outcomes generally, and racial differences in sentencing in particular, across federal districts. This collection contains information on federal court district characteristics. Data include information about the social context, court context, and diversity of the courtroom workgroup for 90 federal judicial districts provided by 50 judicial district context variables.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR25423.v1