ETHNICITY AND JUDGES' SENTENCING DECISIONS: HISPANIC‐BLACK‐WHITE COMPARISONS

By D. Steffensmeier, Stephen Demuth. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Is the Magic Still There? The Use of the Heckman Two-Step Correction for Selection Bias in Criminology (2007, background): “-Arthur C. Clarke”
Prosecutorial Discretion: An Examination of Substantial Assistance Departures in Federal Crack‐Cocaine and Powder‐Cocaine Cases (2007, background): “Recent research has shown that race and ethnicity interact with other offender characteristics to produce harsher sentences for Black and Hispanic male offenders (Spohn & Holleran 2000; Steffensmeier & Demuth 2001, 2000; Steffensmeier et al. 1998).”
The color of punishment: African Americans, skin tone, and the criminal justice system (2018, background): “To the extent that the “focal concerns” of decision makers in the criminal justice system (Steffensmeier and Demuth 2001) are guided by blameworthiness, protection of the community, and potential organizational costs incurred by the CJS, certain neighbourhoods may be especially targeted for…”
Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses? (2006, neutral): “…and generally find that while whites tend to receive the mildest sentencing outcomes, in some cases Hispanics receive harsher sentences than African Americans while at other times they receive milder outcomes (Kramer and Ulmer, 2002; Spohn and Holleran, 2000; Steffensmeier and Demuth, 2000, 2001).”
Does Gender Modify the Effects of Race–ethnicity on Criminal Sanctioning? Sentences for Male and Female White, Black, and Hispanic Defendants (2006, methodology): “The paucity of research on the treatment of Hispanics 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 a”
AN ANALYSIS OF PAROLE DECISION MAKING USING A SAMPLE OF SEX OFFENDERS: A FOCAL CONCERNS (2006, background): “…as a larger threat to the community and believe that they may be less amenable to rehabilitation, thereby increasing the chances that the criminal justice system will punish them more harshly (Britt, 2000; Kramer and Steffensmeier, 1993; Spohn and Holleran, 2000; Steffensmeier and Demuth, 2001).”