Journal article
Race and the Probability of Pleading Guilty
Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.6(3), pp.315-334
09/01/1990
DOI: 10.1007/BF01065413
Abstract
An examination of the variables affecting the probability of pleading guilty in criminal court cases, based on a review of the literature & analysis of 464 felony cases processed in Norfolk, Va, 1977/78. Findings indicate that physical evidence, number of changes, & confessing to the crime during police/prosecutor interrogation increase the probability of pleading guilty, whereas the number of witnesses, use of a weapon, & offenses carrying a minimum penalty of 5 years in custody with no maximum prison term decrease that probability. Findings also indicate that the effect of marital status, prior record of felony convictions, type of counsel, number of charges, & use of a weapon on the probability of pleading guilty varies by defendant's race. Several competing explanations of these findings are offered to stimulate further research on the variables affecting the route of case disposition in felony processing. 5 Tables. Adapted from the source document.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Race and the Probability of Pleading Guilty
- Creators
- Celesta Albonetti - Temple University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of quantitative criminology, Vol.6(3), pp.315-334
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF01065413
- ISSN
- 0748-4518
- eISSN
- 1573-7799
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984305974202771
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