Persistent offender law: racial disparity, patterned offenses, and unintended effects
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Main Author: Rodriguez, Nancy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York LFB Scholarly Pub. 2003
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-142) and index
Crime control through sentencing severity -- Sentencing mechanisms and courtroom culture -- Three strikes law and racial disparity -- Methodology -- Analytical results
Considering sentencing under persistent offender laws, Rodriguez examines the correlations between sentence and race and ethnicity. Her study uses sentencing data on repeat and third-strike offenders in Washington state to assess the effect of legal and extralegal variables on sentencing outcomes and the pattern of offenses committed. In addition, interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys throughout the state provide contextual information on the impacts of the law. Rodriguez finds that racial disparity is confined to specific offense types and mitigated by other legal variables
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 144 p.)
ISBN:1280361301
1593320515
1931202540
9781280361302
9781593320515
9781931202541

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