Citizenship status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing [[electronic resource] /] / Jawjeong Wu

• Autore: Wu Jawjeong
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
• 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.: 9910785952803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)