Demographic differences in federal sentencing / United States Sentencing Commission.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States Sentencing Commission, author.

Contributor:

United States Sentencing Commission, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States--Statistics.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Judicial discretion--United States--Statistics.

Judicial discretion.

Multivariate analysis.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (42 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Sentencing Commission, 2023.

Summary:

"Consistent with best practices, the Commission re-examined and refined the analytical methods used in previous reports to better understand sentencing disparity in the federal courts. Using new analytical techniques and newly available data, this report examines federal sentencing practices in the five fiscal years after the 2017 report to determine if the differences observed in the Commission's prior reports continued to persist."--Page 2.

Contents:

Introduction and key findings

The Commission's regression model

Research findings

Conclusion

Appendices.

Notes:

"November 2023."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42).

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (USSC, viewed July 8, 2025).

Other Edition:

Revision of: Washington, DC : United States Sentencing Commission, 2017

Other Format:

Print version: Demographic differences in federal sentencing

OCLC:

1423296137