Difference, disparity, and race/ethnic bias in federal sentencing
Difference, disparity, and race/ethnic bias in federal sentencing
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1015258732676
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Wojtkiewicz, RA
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作者：
Everett, RS;Wojtkiewicz, RA
颁布了联邦量刑指南，以减少量刑中不必要的差异。在本文中，我们研究在何种程度上的差异，在量刑的基础上，种族和民族发生在联邦量刑后，准则的实施。我们考虑有多少差异是由指导方针中规定的与犯罪有关的因素解释的。我们发现，非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民收到相对较严厉的句子比白人，这些差异只是部分解释了进攻相关的特征。我们解释我们的研究结果归因，不确定性规避和冲突理论。
Federal sentencing guidelines were enacted to reduce unwarranted disparities in sentencing. In this paper we examine the degree to which disparity in sentencing on the basis of race and ethnicity occurred in federal sentencing after the guidelines were implemented. We consider how much of the disparity is explained by offense-related factors as specified in the guidelines. We find that African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans receive relatively harsher sentences than whites and that these differentials are only partly explained by offense-related characteristics. We interpret our findings in light of attribution, uncertainty avoidance, and conflict theories.