Equality Before the Courts?: studying Citizenship Disparities in Sentencing in Catalonia

Overrepresentation of foreigners in prisons is a well-established fact in Spain. However, there is a lack of empirical studies exploring the causes of this overrepresentation. Based on focal concerns theory, this paper aims to explore one of the possible causes of this overrepresentation: sentencing...

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Authors: Riba, José María López (Author) ; Cabello, Úrsula Ruiz (Author) ; Varona Gómez, Daniel (Author) ; Vasilescu, Cristina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 601-624
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Rights Information:CC BY 4.0
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Keywords:
Citizenship
Entropy balancing
Focal Concerns
Prison
Sentencing disparities