TY - JOUR
AU - Talarico, Susette, M.
AB - Abstract This paper seeks to determine whether race differences in sentencing are contingent on who is being sentenced and where that sentencing occurs. Using data from Georgia, we find that certain legally-relevant factors and the racial composition of the county condition the influence of race. However, there is no evidence that blacks are punished more harshly than whites in contexts where their criminality may appear more threatening. Indeed, certain white offenders are treated more harshly than their black counterparts. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of both structural and cultural contexts for understanding the relationship between race and sentencing. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes * Funding for this research was provided by a grant from the National Institute of Justice (#80-1J-CX-0094). We thank the Georgia Department of Corrections for permission to use these data. Neither the funding agency nor the Department of Corrections bears any responsibility for the analysis or interpretations presented herein. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1985 annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC. © 1986 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc.
TI - The Social Contexts of Racial Discrimination in Sentencing
JO - Social Problems
DO - 10.2307/800707
DA - 1986-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-social-contexts-of-racial-discrimination-in-sentencing-dj9Ak9y0Cw
SP - 236
EP - 251
VL - 33
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -