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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. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, [1993]
  • [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Carlson, Kenneth E.
  • United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics, issuing body.
  • Abt Associates, performing organization.
Description
xi, 229 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
"A Discussion paper from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program."--Cover.
Alternative Title
Does race matter?
Subject
  • Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States
  • Prison sentences > United States
  • Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States
  • Criminal statistics > United States
  • Criminal statistics
  • Prison sentences
  • Race discrimination > Law and legislation
  • Sentences (Criminal procedure)
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Government publications – United States.
  • Statistics
  • Statistics.
  • Statistiques.
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
  • 29861520
  • SCSB-1015068
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library