Beginning in the 1970s, the United States began an experiment in mass imprisonment.
Supporters argued that harsh punishments such as imprisonment reduce crime by deterring …

Purpose Researchers have offered several reasons for the mixed minority threat-sentencing
literature including diverse dependent variables, heterogenous threat conceptualizations …

Objectives: This study seeks to understand how national origin and legal migration status of
noncitizen defendants in federal criminal courts shape incarceration and sentence length …

Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘), or Pig-Butchering scam, is a new online romance scam that mainly
targets Chinese-speaking individuals to gain emotional trust and persuade victims to invest …

Pretrial assessment instruments provide courtroom actors with information about the
likelihood that someone who has been charged with a criminal offense would engage in …

This book takes a comprehensive, analytic approach to understanding Juvenile Risk and
Needs Assessment (JRNA), covering elements relevant to how the practice affects youths' …

Initiatives have been implemented to reduce the federal sentencing disparity between crack
and powder cocaine offenses. The current study investigated the impact of the Fair …

Abstract Purpose Despite over 1 million American lives lost to drug overdoses throughout
the 21st century and a turbulent history between federal courts and drugs, past research has …

This study examines the relationship between mental illness and sentencing in US state
courts applying a focal concerns theory framework and incorporating intersectionality. Using …

In the 1990s, the United States Attorneys' Offices implemented programs to make sentencing
for immigration offenses more efficient by designating a number of “Fast-Track” districts. In …