Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences
| Author(s) | Donnelly, Ellen A. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2022-08-10T14:39:19Z | |
| Date Available | 2022-08-10T14:39:19Z | |
| Publication Date | 2021-06-01 | |
| Description | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society following peer review. The version of record Ellen A Donnelly, Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 145–164, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab046 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab046. This article will be embargoed until 06/01/2023. | en_US |
| Abstract | As an extra-legal factor, social context is a key contributor to racial/ethnic disparities in incarceration sentences. Neighborhoods may have important, yet underexplored influences on sentencing. This study evaluates whether the social conditions and racial characteristics of communities where defendants allegedly offend affect Black-White sentencing disparities. Three-level multilevel model results suggest larger Black populations in neighborhoods of criminal incident increase the odds of incarceration and, to a lesser extent, lengthen sentences for all defendants. Offending outside one’s residential community increases the probability and length of a prison sentence. Neighbourhood effects differ by race, however. Unlike Whites, Blacks receive more punitive sentences for committing offences in disadvantaged areas and less proportionally Black communities. Neighbourhoods thus contribute to racial differences in sentencing outcomes. | en_US |
| Sponsor | This work derives from research conducted on behalf of the State of Delaware Administrative Office of the Courts. | en_US |
| Citation | Ellen A Donnelly, Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 145–164, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab046 | en_US |
| ISSN | 1464-3529 | |
| URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/31181 | |
| Language | en | en_US |
| Publisher | The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society | en_US |
| Title | Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences | en_US |
| Type | Article | en_US |
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