The Only Thing Constant is Change: Temporal Analyses of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities

Over the last several decades, federal courts have devoted considerable effort towards improving fairness in sentencing. Despite these efforts, research has consistently shown that racial/ethnic minority defendants receive harsher sentences than similarly situated White defendants. While a large bod...

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Authors: Holmes, Bryan (Author) ; Feldmeyer, Ben (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 48, Issue: 5, Pages: 1080-1104
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Courts
Ethnicity
Punishment
Race
Racial Disparities
Sentencing

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