Citizenship Status, Race, Ethnicity, and Their Effects on Sentencing.

By:

Wu, Jawjeong

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781593326838
1593326831

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Citizenship Status, Race, Ethnicity, and Their Effects on Sentencing.DDC classification:

345.73/0772 345.730772

LOC classification:

KF9685 .W8 2011

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Citizenship Status and Sentencing; CHAPTER 2; Federal Sentencing Guidelines; CHAPTER 3; Theoretical Perspectives and Review of Research; CHAPTER 4; Data and Research Methodology; CHAPTER 5; Statistical Analysis and Findings; CHAPTER 6; Linking Empirical Findings to Theories; CHAPTER 7; Conclusions and Implications; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Wu examines the independent effect of citizenship status and its joint effect with race/ethnicity, national origin, and geographic locations on sentencing outcomes. He studies the between-group relationship in terms of citizenship status and conflict theory as well as the within-group relationship in terms of race/ethnicity and typification theory. Findings reveal mixed support for theoretical propositions and research hypotheses, with stronger support for conflict theory than for typification theory. The double-disadvantage hypothesis is not supported. The findings regarding federal judges? h.

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Wu examines the independent effect of citizenship status and its joint effect with race/ethnicity, national origin, and geographic locations on sentencing outcomes. He studies the between-group relationship in terms of citizenship status and conflict theory as well as the within-group relationship in terms of race/ethnicity and typification theory. Findings reveal mixed support for theoretical propositions and research hypotheses, with stronger support for conflict theory than for typification theory. The double-disadvantage hypothesis is not supported. The findings regarding federal judges? h.