The Differential Sentencing of White-Collar Offenders in Ten Federal District Courts

While sociologist have long debated the relationship between the status characteristics of criminal offenders and the sentences they receive, they have done so with data sets drawn from state courts whose prosecutorial resources are focused almost entirely on low status defendants. Qualitative and q...

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Autor principal: Albonetti, Celesta (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hagan, John ; Bernstein, Ilene Nagel
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1980
En:Año: 1980
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