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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Discrimination in criminal justice administration"”.

  1. Immigration and sentencing: does geograhical region of citizenship influence sentence longevity?

    A large volume of sentencing research has examined the effects of offender characteristics on sentencing outcomes. Most of this research has focused on offender race/ethnicity. Despite the growth of immigration debates in the United States, there is limited knowledge on the role played by …

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  2. A comparative look of sentencing outcomes based on the defendant's country of citizenship

    In the wake of negative stereotypes of immigrants from lower status countries, this study used federal sentencing data for 2015 to examine the effects of the defendant’s country of citizenship on sentence outcomes. Although the United States Sentencing Commission has long stipulated that national …

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  3. Mock jurors' judgements of the victim, crime and defendant as a function of victim race and deliberation

    Extra-legal variables are factors within a trial that are logically irrelevant to the determination of a verdict. They are deemed extra-legal they are extra to the law and are not prescribed in the relevant statutes upon which the relevant issue must be decided. Research investigating judicial …

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  4. Examining the impact of changes in sentencing guidelines and offender demographics on sentencing of white collar offenders

    Using the most recent data compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission and conducted within the conceptual framework of the focal concerns perspective, the current study investigates the impact of offender characteristics, case characteristics, and legally relevant factors on the sentencing …

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