Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are well documented and widespread. The
present review examines racial disparities in three areas of the system: policing, prison …

Research on inequality in punishment has a long and storied history, yet the overwhelming
focus has been on episodic disparity in isolated stages of criminal case processing (eg …

Scholars in several fields, including quantitative methodologists, legal scholars, and
theoretically oriented criminologists, have launched robust debates about the fairness of …

Current research on criminal case processing typically examines a single decision‐making
point, so drawing reliable conclusions about the impact that factors such as defendants' race …

Background Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is an indicator of general systemic aging, with
shorter LTL being associated with several chronic diseases of aging and earlier mortality …

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 …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

Bail reform is sweeping the nation and many jurisdictions are looking to pretrial risk
assessment as one potential strategy to support these efforts. This article summarizes the …

A central paradox defines the scholarship of criminal justice and race: while racial disparities
manifest throughout the criminal justice system, it is often portrayed as race‐neutral. We …

Flagrant and widespread racism that characterized the criminal justice system during the
early part of the twentieth century has largely been eliminated, but racial disparities persist …