The Influence of Legally Irrelevant Factors on Felony Sentencing
In: Sociological inquiry: the quarterly journal of the International Sociology Honor Society, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 39-48
ISSN: 1475-682X
Discussions of the link between sentence and legally irrelevant background factors have typically been carried on either without referring to research findings or with reference to only one or two of the legally irrelevant factors, such as race or occupation. The present research incorporates additional factors and places the findings in the context of competing explanatory models.