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040    MiAaI |beng |erda |cMiAaI
099    Electronic Resource
245 00 Racial Disparities in Virginia Felony Court Cases, 2007-2015 / |cShamena Anwar.
250    2022-01-27
264  1 Ann Arbor, Mich. : |bInter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], |c2022
300    1 online resource.
336    computer dataset |bcod |2rdacontent
337    computer |bc |2rdamedia
338    online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier
347    data file |2rda
490 1  ICPSR |v38274
500    Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2022-02-02.
516    Numeric
520 3  Research examining racial disparities in the court system has typically focused on only one of the discrete stages in the criminal process (the charging, conviction, or sentencing stages), with the majority of the literature focusing on the sentencing stage. The literature has thus largely ignored the key early decisions made by the prosecutor such as their decision to prosecute, the determination of preliminary charges, charge reductions, and plea negotiations. Further, the few studies that have examined whether racial disparities arise in prosecutorial charging decisions are rarely able to follow these cases all the way through the criminal court process. This project sought to expand the literature by using a dataset on felony cases filed in twelve Virginia counties between 2007 through 2015 whereby each criminal incident can be followed from the initial charge filing stage to the final disposition. Using each felony case as the unit of analysis, this data was used to evaluate whether African Americans and whites that are arrested for the same felony crimes have similar final case outcomes.Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38274.v1
522    United States
522    Virginia
530    Also available as downloadable files.
536    United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice |c2016-R2-CX-0042
567    Individuals arrested on felony charges that had their charges filed with the District Court in twelve counties in Virginia between 2007 to 2015.
700 1  Anwar, Shamena |uRAND Corporation, |eeditor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004314943
710 2  Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
830  0 ICPSR (Series) |v38274