Race and sentencing : a study in the Crown Court : a report for the Commission for Racial Equality
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Race and sentencing : a study in the Crown Court : a report for the Commission for Racial Equality
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1992
- : pbk
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Note
"Foreword by Michael Day"--on cover
Bibliography: p. [339]-343
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This major study examines whether race is a factor influencing the sentences imposed on men and women in the Crown Courts in England. Based on a large sample of cases, it reveals a complex and disturbing pattern of racial differences in the resort to custody, the lengths of sentences, and the choice of alternative punishments. The findings will provide a springboard for considering how to eliminate the racial factor from sentencing practices. This book should be of interest to lawyers and criminologists interested in criminal justice, in particular the sentencing of offenders; and to laypersons interested in race relations, criminal justice and the fairness of the British system of justice.
Table of Contents
- The need for research
- approach and method
- some basic comparisons of sentencing practices
- did case characteristics vary according to race?
- comparing custody rates
- race and varying court practices
- variations between judges
- length and severity of sentences
- the range of sentences and the use of non-custodial alternatives
- pre-sentence factors
- race, gender and sentencing
- discrimination in the courts?.
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