Research Summary We examined race‐group differences in the effects of how felony
defendants are treated at earlier decision points in case processing on case outcomes …

The present study uses data on the processing of felony defendants in large urban courts to
examine Hispanic, black, and white differences at the pretrial release stage. The major …

This study uses data on the processing of felony defendants in large urban courts to analyze
racial and ethnic disparities in pretrial processing. There are three major findings. First …

This study analyzes pretrial release data on a sample of felony defendants representing the
nation's 75 most populated counties for 1990—1996 to assess the main and interactive …

A significant body of literature has examined racial and ethnic inequalities in sentencing,
focusing on how individual court actors make decisions, but fewer scholars have examined …

Immigration judges make consequential decisions that fundamentally affect the basic life
chances of thousands of noncitizens and their family members every year. Yet, we know …

Racial disparities in court dispositions and sentences might reflect systemic biases toward
minorities, but they might also stem from race group differences in legal or other extra-legal …

Citing figures showing dramatic increases in the number of women imprisoned for drug
offenses since 1980, Chesney-Lind (1995: 111) concludes that the 'war on drugs' has …

Objectives. To estimate the association between race/ethnicity and drug-and alcohol-related
arrest outcomes. Methods. We used multinomial logistic regression and general estimating …

Social scientists have conducted dozens of studies designed to untangl relationship
between race and sentence severity. 1 In fact, this issue" m have been the major research …