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Sex, politics, and U.S. District Court outcomes: Examining variation in judge-initiated downward guideline departures
American Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol.48(2), pp.295-318
Spring 2023
Web of Science ID: WOS:000713069500001
Abstract
Disparity in sentencing outcomes continues to garner considerable attention in the research literature. Much of the extant literature focuses on the impact of case-level, and to a lesser extent, court-level characteristics on individual sentencing outcomes. At the federal level, recent research by the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC), however, demonstrates significant disparity across U.S. District Courts in aggregate-level outcomes. Specifically, there is considerable disparity in the rates of judge-initiated guidelines departures across U.S. District Courts. The current study examines whether judicial composition and caseload characteristics impact this disparity using panel data. Results indicate that judicial sex and political composition of districts influence judge-initiated guidelines departure rates.
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- Title
- Sex, politics, and U.S. District Court outcomes
- Publication Details
- American Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol.48(2), pp.295-318
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC; United States
- Copyright
- © Southern Criminal Justice Association 2021
- Identifiers
- WOS:000713069500001; 99380090339906600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Language
- English