Explaining Sentence Severity in Large Urban Counties: A Multilevel Analysis of Contextual and Case-level Factors  

Oleh:

Weidner, Robert R. ; Frase, Richard ; Pardoe, Iain

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Prison Journal vol. 84 no. 2 (Jun. 2004), page 184-207.
Topik: contextual factors; county sentencing variations; hierarchical modeling; prison sentences
Fulltext: 184TPJ842.pdf (135.42KB)

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This study used hierarchical logistic modeling to examine the impact of legal, extralegal, and contextual variables on the decision to sentence felons to prison in a sample of large urban counties in 1996. None of the four contextual (county-level) variables—the level of crime, unemployment rate, racial composition, and region—increased the likelihood of a prison sentence, but 10 case-level factors, both legal and extralegal, and several macro-micro interaction terms were influential. These results demonstrate the importance of considering smaller geographic units (i.e., counties instead of states) and controlling for case-level factors in research on interjurisdictional differences in prison use.

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