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The Influence of Legally Irrelevant Factors on Felony Sentencing
Author(s) -
LOTZ Roy,
HEWITT John D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1977.tb00777.x
Subject(s) - sentence , context (archaeology) , race (biology) , criminology , sociology , law , psychology , political science , social psychology , computer science , history , gender studies , archaeology , artificial intelligence
Discussions of the link between sentence and legally irrelevant background factors have typically been carried on either without referring to research findings or with reference to only one or two of the legally irrelevant factors, such as race or occupation. The present research incorporates additional factors and places the findings in the context of competing explanatory models.