Assessing the Differential Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Sentence Outcomes Under Different Sentencing Systems

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-114

  Wang, Xia ^a   Mears, Daniel P ^b   Spohn, Cassia ^a   Dario, Lisa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; race; sentencing guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871488777     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709352234     Document Type: Article

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