The state of race and punishment in America: Is justice really blind?

Travis W. Franklin

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 59, issue C, 18-28

Abstract: The study of racial disparity in the formal application of punishment (i.e., criminal sentencing) is widely recognized as an important area of research. Hundreds of studies have weighed in to determine whether race influences sentence outcomes (e.g., imprisonment and sentence length) and the current work attempts to summarize key aspects of this expansive literature.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.05.011

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