The influence of racial threat and intergroup contact on the incarceration of black drug defendants

The effect of racial threat on racial disparities in sentencing has yielded inconsistent findings. One explanation involves the widespread use of the percentage of the Black population to measure racial threat, which assumes that decision-makers respond to general demographic patterns. However, it i...

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Authors: Moricette, Patrick (Author) ; D'Alessio, Stewart J. (Author) ; Stolzenberg, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2026
In: Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
Year: 2026, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-46
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Racial threat
Race
intergroup contact
Incarceration
Drug defendants