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Race and sentencing : a study in the Crown Court : a report for the Commission for Racial Equality / by Roger Hood in collaboration with Graça Cordovil.
LIBRA KD8406 .H66 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hood, Roger, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure).
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Social aspects.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Race relations.
- Great Britain.
- Race discrimination--Great Britain.
- Race discrimination.
- Race relations--Great Britain.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- This is the first major study to examine whether race is a factor influencing the sentences imposed 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 provide a challenge for considering how to eliminate the racial factor from sentencing practices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-343).
- ISBN:
- 0198258364
- 0198258402
- OCLC:
- 26403172
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