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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Autor principal: Ward, Geoff (Autor)
Otros Autores: Farrell, Amy (Contribuidor) ; Rousseau, Danielle (Contribuidor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2009
En:Año: 2009
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Palabras clave:
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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Sumario: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