Persistent Offender Law: Racial Disparity, Patterned Offenses, and Unintended Effects (Criminal Justice)

Rodriguez, Nancy

 
9781931202541: Persistent Offender Law: Racial Disparity, Patterned Offenses, and Unintended Effects (Criminal Justice)
ISBN 10: 1931202540 ISBN 13: 9781931202541
Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc, 2003

Synopsis

Considering sentencing under persistent offender laws, Rodriguez examines the correlations between sentence and race and ethnicity. Her study uses sentencing data on repeat and third-strike offenders in Washington state to assess the effect of legal and extralegal variables on sentencing outcomes and the pattern of offenses committed. In addition, interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys throughout the state provide contextual information on the impacts of the law. Rodriguez finds that racial disparity is confined to specific offense types and mitigated by other legal variables.

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About the Author

Nancy Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of Administration of Justice at Arizona State University West. She earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from Washington State University.

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Publisher
Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1931202540
ISBN 13 
9781931202541
Binding
Library Binding
Number of pages
152