Bias in prosecutorial decision making: Bridging focal concerns & group threat

Omrit Avni, Joshua Guetzkow and Badi Hasisi

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 92, issue C

Abstract: Two dominant theoretical approaches used to explain racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes are focal concerns and group threat. This study tests hypotheses about disparities in prosecutors' indictment decisions drawn from these theories, as well as the liberation hypothesis.

Keywords: bias; Nationality; Prosecution; Indictment; PSM; Focal concerns; Racial threat; Liberation hypothesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102192

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