An analysis of sentencing for federal administration of justice offenses, 1991-1992 /
and felony misconduct or neglect of duty. Equality under the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and felony misconduct or neglect of duty. Equality under the are age, race/ethnicity, gender, and education. I will Based on a merging of conflict theory, labeling theory, the defendant characteristics will have on sentencing severity. defendant, bribery of a witness, accessory after the fact, discriminatory practices in determining sentences. examine them, as well as citizenship and defendant's number failure to appear by material witness, failure to appear by hypotheses concerning the effect selected variables measuring ideas, I hypothesize that the socially disadvantaged will illegal. A multivariate analysis is conducted to test include the following types of illegal behavior: contempt, law and the goal of sentencing guidelines formally defined linked to defendant characteristics, controlling for legally obstruction of justice, perjury or subornation of perjury, of dependents. The central objective is to determine the Previous research has delineated that some of these variables Previous research has failed to study sentence outcome in receive harsher sentences than others because of relevant variables, process variables, and federal circuits. sentencing disparity linked to defendant characteristics as sentencing guidelines for administration of justice offenses. severity (length of imprisonments under the federal This research examines the variables that affect sentence this type of case. Administration of justice offenses uncertainty avoidance perspective, and causal attribution variables that significantly influence sentencing disparity |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Sociology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 47 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 42-46. |