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Race and sentencing : a study in the Crown Court : a report for the Commission for Racial Equality

Published 1 January 1992
Roger G. Hood, Graça Cordovil
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Abstract

The need for research approach and method some basic comparisons of sentencing practices did case characteristics vary according to race? comparing custody rates race and varying court practices variations between judges length and severity of sentences the range of sentences and the use of non-custodial alternatives pre-sentence factors race, gender and sentencing discrimination in the courts?.

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Social Sciences