Pina Sanchez, J orcid.org/0000-0002-9416-6022 and Grech, DC (2018) Location and Sentencing: To What Extent Do Contextual Factors Explain Between Court Disparities? British Journal of Criminology, 58 (3). pp. 529-549. ISSN 0007-0955
Abstract
This article investigates the presence of unwarranted between court disparities in England and Wales, examining whether they can be explained by non-legal contextual factors such as the organisation of the court and socio-economic composition of the area. In contrast with previous literature, we emphasise the importance of controlling for a wide range of legally relevant case characteristics. The findings reveal that some preliminary startling trends, such as more severe sentencing in courts located in neighbourhoods with high proportions of Muslim residents, are in fact accounted for by differences in the cases reviewed across courts. These findings call into question the validity of previous studies exploring the influence of the context on sentencing that did not adequately control for legal factors.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). This is an author produced version of a paper published in The British Journal of Criminology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Sentencing; Multilevel modelling; Census; Between court disparities |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2017 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2019 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/bjc/azx033 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117566 |