Feb 6, 2015 · Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through to sentencing, we find that initial case and defendant characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can …

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the effect of parental poverty and neighborhood conditions on juvenile crime rates. It employs two distinct regression models: OLS linear regression model …

Abstract: Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through to sentencing, we find that initial case and defendant characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can …

Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through to sentencing, we find that initial case and defendant characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can explain most …

Dec 1, 2014 · Rehavi and Starr (2014) show that severity of the prosecutor charge largely renders statistically insignificant racial disparities at the judicial sentencing stage. Policy-makers have …

Using data linking federal cases from arrest through sentencing, the authors find that initial case characteristics like arrest offense and criminal history explain most but not all of the large …

Rehavi, M. M., & Starr, S. B. (2014). Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Sentences. Journal of Political Economy, 122 (6), 1320–1354.

In this Essay, researchers at the United States Sentencing Commission respond to criticisms by Sonja Starr and Marit Rehavi, published in the Yale Law Journal, of the Commission’s past …

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Recommended Citation Starr, Sonja B. "Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Sentences." M. M. Rehavi, co-author. J. Pol. Econ. 122, no. 6 (2014): 1320-54. This Article is brought to you for …