Evidence-Based Sentencing and the Scientific Rationalization of Discrimination

This Article critiques, on legal and empirical grounds, the growing trend of basing criminal sentences on actuarial recidivism risk prediction instruments that include demographic and socioeconomic variables. largue that this practice violates the Equal Protection Clause and is bad policy: an explic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Stanford law review 2014-04, Vol.66 (4), p.803-872
1. Verfasser:	Starr, Sonja B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Attitudes CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal sentences Criminal sentencing Criminals Decision making Defendants DISCRIMINATION Endorsements Equal protection Equal rights Equality before the law Evaluation EVIDENCE Evidence, Criminal Gender Government regulation Imprisonment Incarceration Judges Judges & magistrates JUDICIARY Laws, regulations and rules Methods Neighborhoods Rationalization (Psychology) Recidivism Recidivism prediction REPEAT OFFENDERS Risk analysis Risk assessment Sentenced offenders Sentences (Criminal procedure) SENTENCING Social aspects Social economics Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomics
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