Comparison of sentencing outcomes for felony DUI convictions among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics in South Carolina
by Howard, Melvin L., Ph.D., CAPELLA UNIVERSITY, 2011, 111 pages; 3478091

Abstract:

Policies and laws with respect to the crime of impaired driving-related fatalities have changed significantly over the last decade. Such changes are intended to deter incidents of impaired driving. Nationally, South Carolina is a persistent leader in rates of impaired driving related fatalities. As such, public and policymaker exacerbation may well have created a social and judicial environment where extralegal factors, contextual factors, and social demographic characteristics, play a role in sentencing outcomes. This quantitative, correlational study examined the impacts of legal and extralegal factors on lengths of incarceration, and compares the sentencing outcomes of Black, White, and Hispanic defenders convicted of this offense in South Carolina.
 
AdviserNicola Davis@Bivens
SchoolCAPELLA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 73-01, p. , Nov 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsAfrican American studies; Black studies; Criminology; Hispanic American studies
Publication Number3478091
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