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

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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 i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wu, Jawjeong
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Critical legal studies > United States.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
Critique du droit (Mouvement) > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Citizenship
Critical legal studies
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593326838
1593326831

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