Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

By D. J. Harris, A. Blumstein, Jacqueline G. Cohen, S. E. Martin, M. Tonry. 1984

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Fairness in Criminal Justice Risk Assessments: The State of the Art (2017, background): “It has long been recognized that eﬀorts to make criminal justice decisions more fair must resolve a crucial auxiliary question: equality with respect to what benchmark (Blumstein et al., 1983)?”
Recent Developments and New Directions in Sentencing Research (2012, background): “of the research agenda outlined by Blumstein et al. (1983) and later by Spohn (2000) and Zatz (2000).”
RISK, RACE, AND RECIDIVISM: PREDICTIVE BIAS AND DISPARATE IMPACT*: RISK, RACE, AND RECIDIVISM (2016, background): “drug crimes) and stage of justice processing (e.g., arrest vs. incarceration; Blumstein et al., 1983; Piquero, 2015).”
The Role of Race in Forecasts of Violent Crime (2009, background): “…2006; Alpert et al., 2007), charging discrimination in capital cases (Baldus et al., 1990; Klein et al., 2006), racial disparities in sentencing (Blumstein et al, 1983: Chapter 2), and the consequences of racial disproportionality in prison populations (Blumstein, 1993; ∗A special thanks goes…”