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Sentencing in the federal courts : does race matter? : the transition to sentencing guidelines, 1986-90
- Title
- Sentencing in the federal courts : does race matter? : the transition to sentencing guidelines, 1986-90 / by Douglas C. McDonald, Kenneth E. Carlson.
- Author
- McDonald, Douglas, 1946-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, [1993]
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- Description
- ix, 229 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Does race matter?
- Subject
- Note
- "A discussion paper from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program"--Cover.
- "Performed under BJS cooperative agreement 91-BJ-CX-K025, awarded to Abt Associates, Inc."--T.p. verso.
- "December 1993."
- Shipping list no.: 94-0037-P.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).
- Contents
- The conflicting evidence of disparities in studies of sentencing decisions -- Differences in sentences given to White, Black, and Hispanic offenders: 1986-1990 -- Accounting for sentencing differences under the guidelines: a multivariate analysis -- Drug trafficking -- Bank robbery -- Weapons offenses -- Fraud -- Larceny -- Embezzlement -- Did the guidelines enlarge the differences in sentences given to White, Black, and Hispanic offenders? -- Appendix 1: Distinguishing offenders convicted of trafficking in crack and powdered cocaine -- Appendix 2: Expanded models of imprisonment/non-imprisonment and length of imprisonment sentences -- Appendix 3: Regressions based solely on recommended guideline sentences
- LCCN
- 94146477
- OCLC
- ocm29861520
- SCSB-1015068
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library