Judicial diversity and sentencing disparity across U.S. District Courts

Matthew S. Crow and Natalie Goulette

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2022, vol. 82, issue C

Abstract: Much of the prior literature examining the impact of judge race and sex on case-level sentencing outcomes remain mixed. There is a lack of research investigating how the composition of the judiciary influences sentencing. The current study attempts to fill this gap and examines the influence of the race, sex, and political composition of U.S. District Courts for two offense categories.

Keywords: Sentencing; District courts; Judge race; Judge sex; Drug crime; Economic crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101973

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