Journal article
Criminal Justice Decision Making as a Stratification Process: The Role of Race and Stratification Resources in Pretrial Release
Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.5(1), pp.57-82
03/01/1989
DOI: 10.1007/BF01066261
Abstract
The status attainment & class analysis traditions of sociological research have suggested that there are structural principles that stratify allocation processes in US society. After reviewing prior research on bail decision-making processes, the existence & functioning of such processes at an early stage of the criminal justice system -- pretrial release decisions -- are explored. Specifically, the interplay of race, stratification resources, & several legal & extralegal variables is examined using data on 5,660 black & white male felony defendants processed from 1974 to 1977 in 10 federal district courts across the country. A structural equation model of pretrial release decision making is specified & estimated using LISREL, & it is shown that both legal & extralegal factors, as part of the stratification process, are influential. In general, white defendants fare better than do black, though factors related to an individual's dangerousness also enter into the pretrial release decision. 7 Tables, 1 Figure, 56 References. K. Hyatt
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Criminal Justice Decision Making as a Stratification Process: The Role of Race and Stratification Resources in Pretrial Release
- Creators
- Celesta Albonetti - Temple UniversityRobert Hauser - University of Wisconsin–MadisonJohn Hagan - Canadian Institute for Advanced ResearchIlene Nagel - Indiana University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.5(1), pp.57-82
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF01066261
- ISSN
- 0748-4518
- eISSN
- 1573-7799
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/1989
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984306249002771
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