The Geography of Race and Ethnicity Effects in Federal Sentencing: A Descriptive and Spatial Analysis

Research has focused mainly on whether race and ethnicity influence sentencing outcomes. Much less attention, however, has been paid to where, geographically, disparities occur in the United States. Using the United States Sentencing Commission’s sentencing data from FY2015 to FY2019, we estimated t...

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Authors: Kramer, Kelsey L. (Author) ; Zhang, Yan (Author) ; Franklin, Travis William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 10, Pages: 1431-1455
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
geographic disparities
Federal sentencing
sentencing disparities
Race and ethnicity