CONTEXTUAL DISPARITIES IN GUIDELINES DEPARTURES: COURTROOM SOCIAL CONTEXTS, GUIDELINES COMPLIANCE, AND EXTRALEGAL DISPARITIES IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING1

By Brian David Johnson. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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A Multilevel Test of Minority Threat Effects on Sentencing (2010, methodology): “These studies have examined such dimensions as racial and ethnic composition, unemployment, crime, and political affiliation (Britt 2000; Fearn 2005; Helms and Jacobs 2002; Johnson 2003, 2005, 2006; Johnson et al. 2008; Kautt 2002; Ulmer and Johnson 2004; Weidner et al. 2004, 2005; Wooldredge 2007”
"BACK-END SENTENCING" AND REIMPRISONMENT: INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY PREDICTORS OF PAROLE SANCTIONING DECISIONS* (2010, background): “Others have showed that caseload pressures (Johnson, 2006; Johnson, Ulmer, and Kramer, 2008) and available prison/jail space (Johnson, 2005, 2006; Ulmer and Johnson, 2004) affect which cases are pursued and which result in prison terms.”
Trial Penalties in Federal Sentencing: Extra‐Guidelines Factors and District Variation (2010, background): “…for analyses of sentencing and case-processing outcomes has by now been well established in a number of studies (e.g., Britt, 2000; Fearn, 2005; Johnson, 2005, 2006; Kautt, 2002; Kramer & Ulmer, 2009; Ulmer & Bradley, 2006; Ulmer & Johnson, 2004; Weidner, Frase, & Schultz, 2005; Wooldredge &…”
Prosecutorial Discretion and the Imposition of Mandatory Minimum Sentences (2007, background): “Regarding caseload composition, prior research has found that the proportion of violent crime that makes up a court’s caseload can influence sentencing practices (Johnson 2005, 2006; Ulmer and Johnson 2004).”
Recent Developments and New Directions in Sentencing Research (2012, background): “…has been found to increase racial/ethnic disparities in imprisonment and sentence lengths (e.g. Kramer & Ulmer, 2009; Ulmer & Johnson, 2004; Weidner, Frase, & Schultz, 2005), and in receiving upward and downward departures from sentencing guidelines (Johnson, 2005; Johnson et al., 2008).”
Distinguishing Race Effects on Pre-Trial Release and Sentencing Decisions (2012, background): “…and/or specific combinations of a defendant’s race, sex, and age (e.g., Doerner & Demuth, 2010; Griffin & Wooldredge, 2006; Holleran & Spohn, 2004; Johnson, 2005, 2006; Koons-Witt, 2002; Muhlhausen, 2004; Spohn & Holleran, 2000; Steffensmeier & Demuth, 2000, 2006; Tapia, 2010; Ulmer,…”