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Racial Disparity in Sentencing - Coggle Diagram
Racial Disparity in Sentencing
Five Explanations
Commit more serious crimes and have more serious prior criminal records
Legally relevant factors
More likely to be poor
Greater likelihood for pretrial detention
Greater likelihood for unemployment
Economic/indirect racial discrimination
Subject to facially neutral laws and policies
Judges are biased or have prejudices against racial minorities
Overt/unconscious bias
Disparities occur in some contexts but not in others
When does Race/Ethnicity Matter?
Punishment Penalty
Offender-Victim Race
Various types of crimes
Drug offenses
Decision making
State and Federal Courts
Representation on the bench
African-American/White and Hispanic Judges