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

Objectives Since 2000, sentencing scholars have commonly controlled for racial/ethnic
differences in underlying criminal conduct using presumptive sentence. In recent years, the …

Federal offenders sentenced to imprisonment for more than a year may earn “good time
credit”. Offenders sentenced to 365 days are ineligible for this potential sentence reduction …

Abstract Analysis of in‐depth interviews with eight district court judges in North Carolina
revealed over 40 practices that judges can adopt to become more trauma‐informed in their …

Research examining incarceration in jails has grown in recent years. Much of this work has
focused explicitly on pretrial detainees; that is, those housed within local jails who have yet …

Recent mass casualty attacks in the United States have renewed a long-standing debate
over the need for novel legislation to effectively prosecute domestic terrorism. Those who …

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted every facet of the United States
justice system, disrupting traditional systems and introducing a new era of virtual …

A small but growing number of studies have explored the impact of 'border justice'on federal
sentencing. Despite their contributions, these works are limited by the practice of broadly …