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The Dangerous Drug Offender in Federal Court: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity,and Culpability

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This study examines the complex relationships among stereotypes about crime, the offender’s Face/ethnicity, and sentencing decisions. Using data on White, Black, and Hispanic male drug offenders sentenced in three U.S. district courts and a definition of the dangerous drug offender appropriate to the federalsentence system, the authors explore the degree to which stereotypes about dangerous drug offenders influence sentence length. The results reveal that fitting the stereotype of a dangerous federal drug offender (i.e., a male drug trafficker with a prior trafficking conviction who used a weapon to commit the current offense) affected the length of the prison sentence for Black offenders but not for White or Hispanic offenders. Further analysis revealed that this effect was confined to Black offenders convicted of drug offenses involving crack cocaine. The results provide further evidence that the focal concerns guiding judicial decision making may vary depending on the offender’s race or ethnicity.

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Judul Seri

Crime & Delinquency

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: SAGE., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

Crime & Delinquency 2013 59(1) 3- 31

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI: 10.1177/0011128

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

(2013), 59(1)

Subjek

Crime & Delinquency

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