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Autore: |
Wu Jawjeong
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Titolo: |
Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing / / Jawjeong Wu
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Pubblicazione: | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 345.73/0772 |
Soggetto topico: | Sentences (Criminal procedure) - United States |
Citizenship - United States | |
Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States | |
Critical legal studies - United States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-59332-683-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910807816903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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