Essays on the economics of crime and criminal sentencing

This thesis is comprised of two papers, both related to the criminal justice system. In the rst paper, I examine racial and ethnic sentencing di erentials in US federal courts. The aim is to better understand not just the magnitude of these di erentials, but rather their source. The second paper eva...

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Main Author: McConnell, B. I.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668493