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- Title
PUNISHING THE “MODEL MINORITY”: ASIAN-AMERICAN CRIMINAL SENTENCING OUTCOMES IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS.
- Authors
Johnson, Brian D.; BETSINGER, SARA
- Abstract
Research on racial and ethnic disparities in criminal punishment is expansive but remains focused almost exclusively on the treatment of black and Hispanic offenders. The current study extends contemporary research on the racial patterning of punishments by incorporating Asian-American offenders. Using data from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) for FY1997–FY2000, we examine sentencing disparities in federal district courts for several outcomes. The results of this study indicate that Asian Americans are punished more similarly to white offenders compared with black and Hispanic offenders. These findings raise questions for traditional racial conflict perspectives and lend support to more recent theoretical perspectives grounded in attribution processes of the courtroom workgroup. The article concludes with a discussion of future directions for research on understudied racial and ethnic minority groups.
- Subjects
DISCRIMINATION in law enforcement; RACE discrimination; CRIMINAL sentencing; ETHNIC groups; ASIAN Americans; PRISON sentences; DISCRIMINATION in criminal justice administration
- Publication
Criminology, 2009, Vol 47, Issue 4, p1045
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00169.x