Racial Disparities in Sentencing: Can Sentencing Reforms Reduce Discrimination in Punishment - Myers - 1993 () Citation Context ...oming to the attention of police in disproportionate numbers (Blumstein 1982). While there may be some logic in that proposition, the strong suspicion remains that ...
A rising controversy surrounding our justice system is whether or not racial disparity exists when sentencing. Early studies concluded that racial disparity in sentencing was a result of discrimination (Spohn, Gruhl & Welch, 1981). For decades, these disparities in sentencing have led to considerable...
The Effect of Sentencing Reform on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Involvement with the Criminal Justice System: The Case of California's Proposition 47 We analyze the disparate effects of a recent California sentencing reform on the arrest, booking, and incarceration rates experienced by California ...
Sentencing Disparities and the Dangerous Perpetuation of Racial BiassentencingdisparitiesraceThis Article addresses the role that racial disparities— specifically sentencing disparities—play in perpetuating the racial bias that increases the daily dangeSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
It is commonly seen how race plays a major role in the justice system. As apart of attorney protocol of determining if the death sentence is given it is seen black males will be given a higher sentence versus a white male even if the crimes where similar. In this article “Disparities ...
a deadly weapon, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and two counts of first-degree murder under theFelony-Murder Rule. During the penalty phase, the jury rejected the prosecution's arguments for capital punishment, instead sentencing Jones to life in prison. ...
We argue that systemic factors operating across levels — from the interpersonal to the cultural — contribute to the production and reinforcement of racial biases in children and adults. We consider the effects of five systemic factors on racial biases in the USA: power and privilege disparities,...
"In 2017, the Prison Policy Initiative estimated the actual cost on state and federal governments and impacted families is roughly $182 billion." (Kuhn, 2021) Propositions to end the effects of racial disparities Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws takes away ...
C. (2009). Sentencing female drug offenders: Reexamining racial and ethnic disparities. Women & Criminal Justice, 19(3), 191A216.Crow, Matthew and Julie Kunselman. 2009. "Sentencing Female Drug Offenders: Reexamining Racial and Ethnic Disparities." Women and Criminal Justice 19:191-209....
, receive harsher punishments than their white counterparts for the same crimes, (American Civil Liberties Union, Racial Disparities in Sentencing (Oct. 27, 2014) (sentences imposed on Black males in the federal system are nearly 20% longer than those imposed on white males conv...