Testing the liberation hypothhesis in the diversion of cases from Youth Courts - Is race still a factor in the sentencing process?

检验青年法庭案件转移中的解放假设 - 种族仍然是量刑过程中的一个因素吗？

• 批准号: 2443236
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2443236
• 关键词: Testing; liberation; hypothhesis; diversion; cases

Kalven and Zeisel's (1966) liberation hypothesis has not yet been on England and Wales Youth Court outcomes, where despite the decrease in youth custody the proportion of BAME youth prisoners has risen. It is therefore meaningful to test the liberation hypothesis and examine to what extent, even in serious cases, is race is still a factor in the sentencing process. To test this, I plan to use path analysis based on multiple logistic regression, which allows you to analyse the direct effects of race on sentencing, controlling for other factors, and also test the indirect effects of race on sentencing resulting from the effect of race on other factors related to sentencing. This will allow me to test for both direct and indirect discrimination in the sentencing of BAME youths. The research will aim to be conducted using two dependant variables; sentence type and length of sentence upon which the effects of independent variables, such as prior criminal record, race, gender, age, and type of legal representation will be measured. It will also conduct qualitative research with judges and magistrates to see if they feel race is a factor in the Court outcomes and what they consider are the key influences on the imposition of custodial sentences for young people? This project aims to highlight the mechanisms that produce disparities in sentencing that result in the overrepresentation and increase of BAME youth offenders.

Kalven 和 Zeisel (1966) 的解放假说尚未适用于英格兰和威尔士青少年法庭的结果，尽管青少年监护权减少，但 BAME 青少年囚犯的比例却有所上升。因此，检验解放假说并检验即使在严重的案件中种族在多大程度上仍然是量刑过程中的一个因素是有意义的。为了测试这一点，我计划使用基于多元逻辑回归的路径分析，它允许您在控制其他因素的情况下分析种族对量刑的直接影响，并测试种族对与量刑相关的其他因素的影响所产生的种族对量刑的间接影响。这将使我能够测试对少数族裔青少年的量刑中是否存在直接和间接歧视。该研究旨在使用两个因变量进行；刑期类型和刑期长度将根据自变量（例如犯罪记录、种族、性别、年龄和法律代表类型）的影响进行衡量。它还将与法官和治安法官进行定性研究，看看他们是否认为种族是法院结果的一个因素，以及他们认为对年轻人判处监禁的关键影响因素是什么？该项目旨在强调造成量刑差异的机制，从而导致少数族裔、少数族裔青少年罪犯比例过高和数量增加。