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- Title
REASSESSING RACE DISPARITIES IN MARYLAND CAPITAL CASES.
- Authors
PATERNOSTER, RAYMOND; BRAME, ROBERT
- Abstract
A generation of research studies that were conducted in multiple states and covered different time periods has found evidence that individuals who kill white victims encounter a greater risk of facing the death penalty than killers of black victims. More recently, research has also examined the likelihood of death penalty processing for black defendants who kill white victims in comparison with other defendant–victim race groups. In particular, a study in Maryland conducted by Paternoster et al. (2003) found evidence that offenders in black defendant–white victim cases were more likely to be death noticed by prosecutors and to receive a death sentence than other offenders. A recent analysis by Berk, Li, and Hickman (2005) raised questions about some of these findings. In this article, we conduct new analyses and conclude that black defendants who kill white victims face a greater risk of adverse treatment than other types of defendants.
- Subjects
CRIMINOLOGICAL research; CRIME statistics; RACE discrimination in capital punishment; HOMICIDE rates; MURDERERS
- Publication
Criminology, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 4, p971
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00132.x