RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN PRETRIAL RELEASE DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES: A COMPARISON OF HISPANIC, BLACK, AND WHITE FELONY ARRESTEES*

By Stephen Demuth. 2003

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Fairness in Criminal Justice Risk Assessments: The State of the Art (2017, neutral): “…2016; Doleac and Stevenson, 2016), government agencies (National Science and Technology Council, 2016: 30-32), foundations (Pew Center of the States, 2011), and academics (Demuth, 2003; Harcourt, 2007; Berk, 2009; Hyatt et al., 2011; Starr, 2014b; Tonry, 2014; Berk and Hyatt, 2015; Hamilton, 2016).”
Distinguishing Race Effects on Pre-Trial Release and Sentencing Decisions (2012, background): “…of case processing have grown since the mid-1980s but remain relatively rare (e.g., Albonetti, 1989, 1990; Crutchfield, Bridges, & Pitchford, 1994; Demuth, 2003; Demuth & Steffensmeier, 2004; Katz & Spohn, 1995; Holmes, Hosch, Daudistel, Perez, & Graves, 1996; Kingsnorth, MacIntosh, & Sutherland,…”
Is the Magic Still There? The Use of the Heckman Two-Step Correction for Selection Bias in Criminology (2007, methodology): “In this case, the simple two part model (TPM), or the ‘‘uncorrected’’ model, will be the appropriate modeling strategy (Duan et al. 1983, 1984).”
Trial Penalties in Federal Sentencing: Extra‐Guidelines Factors and District Variation (2010, background): “Because pretrial detention may disadvantage defendants at sentencing (Demuth, 2003; Demuth & Steffensmeier, 2004; Wooldredge & Thistlethwaite, 2004), we also control for whether the defendant was held in pretrial detention with a dummy variable (1 = detained pretrial).”
Racial and ethnic disparity in pretrial criminal processing (2005, background): “In fact, some theorists claim that Latinos receive less beneficial criminal processing decisions than Blacks (Demuth, 2003; Steffensmeier & Demuth, 2000, 2001).”
Forecasting Domestic Violence: A Machine Learning Approach to Help Inform Arraignment Decisions (2016, background): “…the processes and outcomes associated with arraignments (e.g., Bock & Frazier 1977; Frazier et al. 1980; Goldkamp & Gottfredson 1985; Bridges et al. 1987; Demuth 2003; Devers 2011), even some studies based on randomized experiments (Goldkamp & White 2006; McElroy 2011; Bornstein et al. 2013).”
The color of punishment: African Americans, skin tone, and the criminal justice system (2018, background): “…scholars point to the importance of differences in delinquency, drug use, earnings, employment, and criminal history & behaviours (see Spohn 2000; Demuth 2003) – to the extent that bias does play a role in shaping treatment by police and other figures of authority in the criminal justice…”
Let My People Go: Ethnic In‐Group Bias in Judicial Decisions—Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment (2010, unknown): “Thus, in this stage ethnicity might have a different, more pronounced role (Demuth 2003).”
Sentencing Female Misdemeanants: An Examination of the Direct and Indirect Effects of Race/Ethnicity (2006, background): “…and Schultz (1977), persons detained prior to trial carry an additional negative status; not being released gives the impression that the defendant is a poor flight risk and a danger to society (see also Albonetti, Hauser, Hagan, & Nagel, 1989; Bernstein, Kelley, & Doyle, 1977; Demuth, 2003).”
Race and Cumulative Discrimination in the Prosecution of Criminal Defendants (2013, background): “…and outcomes, with some studies finding evidence that racial and ethnic minorities are directly disadvantaged at these decision points (e.g., Demuth, 2003; Demuth & Steffensmeier, 2004; Freiburger, Marcum, & Pierce, 2010; Schlesinger, 2005), others finding no evidence of race directly…”