RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN SENTENCING DEPARTURES ACROSS MODES OF CONVICTION

By Brian David Johnson. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Opening Pandora’s Box: How Does Defendant Race Influence Plea Bargaining? (2016, background): “The vast majority of criminal cases are disposed of through guilty pleas (Johnson, 2003; LaFree, 1985; Smith, 1986), and pleabargaining plays an essential role in shaping these punishment outcomes (Forst, 2002); yet, very little research examines plea bargaining in criminal courts.”
Trial Penalties in Federal Sentencing: Extra‐Guidelines Factors and District Variation (2010, background): “to research on Pennsylvania sentencing by Ulmer and Johnson (2004) and”
Does Gender Modify the Effects of Race–ethnicity on Criminal Sanctioning? Sentences for Male and Female White, Black, and Hispanic Defendants (2006, background): “... in the criminal justice system is particularly alarming given that recent sophisticated studies provide evidence that Hispanic defendants are sentenced more harshly than white (and sometimes black) defendants (e.g., Engen and Gainey 2000; Spohn and Holleran 2000; Steffensmeier and Demuth 2000, 2”
Assessing the Impact of First-Time Imprisonment on Offenders’ Subsequent Criminal Career Development: A Matched Samples Comparison (2009, background): “First, prior work on criminal careers and sentencing both in the US (e.g., Johnson 2003, 2006 ) and the Netherlands (Van Grinsven and Bruinsma 1990; Nieuwbeerta and Leistra 2007) sheds light on factors that may influence judges’ decisions.”
A Multilevel Test of Minority Threat Effects on Sentencing (2010, background): “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”
Recent Developments and New Directions in Sentencing Research (2012, methodology): “Johnson (2003) argued that mode of conviction (type of plea or trial) provided an indicator of the differential use of discretion by judges vs. prosecutors.”
Measuring and Explaining Charge Bargaining (2007, background): “Numerous studies have attempted to study the causal elements that drive whether or not someone gets a departure (Kramer and Ulmer 1996, 2002; Johnson 2003; Miethe and Moore 1986; Mustard 2001).”